A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Bir el Ater in Algeria on Friday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/02/18 / 2018-02-02 22:08:47 / February 2, 2018 @ 10:08 pm. Exact location of event, depth 27.97 km, 8.2726° East, 34.7427° North. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000d1za. Unique identifier: us2000d1za. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:08:47 / 11:08 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 27.97 km (17 miles).
Event epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) from Tébessa (c. 634 300 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Kasserine (c. 82 000 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Gafsa (c. 81 200 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Cheria (c. 72 100 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Bir el Ater (c. 68 700 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Al Metlaoui (c. 41 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tozeur, , Degache (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Algeria (c. 34 586 000 pop), Tunisia (c. 10 589 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 19 km E of Bir el Ater, Algeria. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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