A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Shabikah in Tunisia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:10:52 / 4:10 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006env. Id of event: us70006env. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/11/19 / 2019-11-30 03:10:52 / November 30, 2019 @ 3:10 am. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 7.5964° East, 34.311° North.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 64 km (40 miles) from Bir el Ater (c. 68 700 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Al Metlaoui (c. 41 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Tozeur (c. 34 900 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Ar Rudayyif (c. 30 000 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Nefta (c. 21 700 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Degache (c. 8 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Algeria (c. 34 586 000 pop), Tunisia (c. 10 589 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Al Metlaoui, Degache, Tozeur (min 5000 pop).
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. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
Did you feel anything?
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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 31 km W of Shabikah, Tunisia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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