A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Al Mazzunah in Tunisia. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/05/18 / 2018-05-21 00:18:35 / May 21, 2018 @ 12:18 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 9.7462 East, latitude 34.3518 North, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000e94w. Unique identifier: us1000e94w. The temblor was detected at 01:18:35 / 1:18 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 102 km (64 miles) from Sfax (c. 277 300 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Gabès (c. 110 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Gafsa (c. 81 200 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from El Hamma (c. 62 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Sidi Bouzid (c. 42 100 pop), 105 km (65 miles) from Al Qarmadah (c. 33 700 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Kebili (c. 19 900 pop). Close country/countries, Tunisia (c. 10 589 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Al Qarmadah, Sfax, Kebili.
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 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 26 km SSW of Al Mazzunah, Tunisia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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