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Light earthquake 4.5 mag, 22 km ESE of Tazoult-Lambese, Algeria

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Earthquake location 35.4394S, 6.4989WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Tazoult-Lambese in Algeria on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us6000rm5j. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rm5j. The temblor was detected at 14:53:31 / 2:53 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/10/25 / 2025-10-19 14:53:31 / October 19, 2025 @ 2:53 pm. Exact location, longitude 6.4989° East, latitude 35.4394° North, depth = 10 km.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Biskra, Sidi Okba, El Khroub. Close country/countries, Algeria (c. 34 586 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 96 km (60 miles) from Biskra (c. 308 000 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Batna (c. 280 800 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Khenchela (c. 117 000 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Aïn Beïda (c. 105 800 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Oum el Bouaghi (c. 100 800 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from El Khroub (c. 83 700 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Aïn Touta (c. 72 300 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 22 km ESE of Tazoult-Lambese, Algeria.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 6.4989° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.4394° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 22 km ESE of Tazoult-Lambese, Algeria Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-10-19 14:53:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-11-07 19:16:03 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 312 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 38 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.339 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.99 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 151 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000rm5j Id of event.
Event Code 6000rm5j An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rm5j, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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