A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 1 kilometers (1 miles) from M’Sila in Algeria on Wednesday. Event id: us20002xky. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002xky. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 4.5556° East, latitude 35.7198° North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 08:38:49 / 8:38 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 15/07/15 / 2015-07-15 07:38:49 / July 15, 2015 @ 7:38 am UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Aïn Arnat, Bougaa, Ighram (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Algeria (c. 34 586 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 43 km (27 miles) from Bordj Bou Arreridj (c. 168 300 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from El Achir (c. 158 300 pop), 2 km (1 miles) from M’Sila (c. 100 000 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Barika (c. 98 800 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Sidi Aïssa (c. 69 700 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Akbou (c. 66 700 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 1 km NE of M’Sila, Algeria.
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