Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Bou Arada in Tunisia

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Bou Arada in Tunisia on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nult. Unique identifier: us7000nult. Exact location of earthquake, 9.4838° East, 36.4168° North, depth 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/11/24 / 2024-11-28 00:04:37 / November 28, 2024 @ 12:04 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 00:04:37 / 12:04 am (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 76 km (47 miles) from Tunis (c. 693 200 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Ariana (c. 97 700 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from La Goulette (c. 79 800 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Ben Arous (c. 74 900 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from La Mohammedia (c. 66 600 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Al Marsá (c. 65 600 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Tunisia (c. 10 589 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Qal‘at al Andalus, Al Marsá, Carthage (min 5000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	9.4838° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.4168° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	14 km WNW of Bou Arada, Tunisia	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-11-28 00:04:37	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-25 03:29:44	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	284	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	29	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.624	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.67 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	111	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us7000nult	Id of event.
Event Code	7000nult	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000nult,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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