A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Al Khums in Libya on Sunday. The epicenter was at a depth of 14.584 km (9 miles). Exact location, longitude 14.1867° East, latitude 33.2746° North, depth = 14.584 km. Event id: us7000ng8c. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ng8c. The temblor was detected at 07:22:56 / 7:22 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 15/09/24 / 2024-09-15 07:22:56 / September 15, 2024 @ 7:22 am UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tagiura, Masallātah, Al Khums (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Libya (c. 6 461 000 pop). Event epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) from Al Khums (c. 201 900 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Tagiura (c. 100 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Masallātah (c. 23 700 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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.
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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. 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: 69 km N of Al Khums, Libya.
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