A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Favignana in Italy. The temblor was picked up at 20:45:58 / 8:45 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 12.2039° East, latitude 38.0229° North, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pz2t. Unique identifier: us6000pz2t. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/03/25 / 2025-03-15 20:45:58 / March 15, 2025 @ 8:45 pm. 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 10 km (6 miles).
Close country/countries, Italy (c. 60 340 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Marsala (c. 77 900 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Trapani (c. 58 700 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Mazara del Vallo (c. 46 000 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Alcamo (c. 44 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Carini (c. 35 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Partinico (c. 28 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sambuca di Sicilia, Carini, San Giuseppe Jato (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 15 km NW of Favignana, Italy. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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