A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Faya-Largeau in Chad. 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). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/05/25 / 2025-05-24 21:23:59 / May 24, 2025 @ 9:23 pm. The temblor was picked up at 21:23:59 / 9:23 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000q1b1. Event ids that are associated: us7000q1b1. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 19.4039° East, 17.2333° North.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Faya-Largeau (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chad (c. 10 543 000 pop). The epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Faya-Largeau (c. 13 400 pop).
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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 82 km SSE of Faya-Largeau, Chad.
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