A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Mezzouna in Tunisia. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/04/25 / 2025-04-09 19:56:02 / April 9, 2025 @ 7:56 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 9.5584 East, latitude 34.5193 North, depth = 10 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:56:02 / 7:56 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000q4ze. Id of event: us6000q4ze. 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).
Nearby country/countries, Tunisia (c. 10 589 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gabès, Jilma, El Hamma. Epicenter of the earthquake was 87 km (54 miles) from Gabès (c. 110 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Gafsa (c. 81 200 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from El Hamma (c. 62 000 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Sidi Bouzid (c. 42 100 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Skhira (c. 9 200 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from As Sanad (c. 7 900 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 26 km WSW of Mezzouna, Tunisia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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