A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Tazoult-Lambese in Algeria on Sunday. 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. Unique identifier: us6000rm5j. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rm5j. The temblor was detected at 14:53:31 / 2:53 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/10/25 / 2025-10-19 14:53:31 / October 19, 2025 @ 2:53 pm. Exact location, longitude 6.4989° East, latitude 35.4394° North, depth = 10 km.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Biskra, Sidi Okba, El Khroub. Close country/countries, Algeria (c. 34 586 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 96 km (60 miles) from Biskra (c. 308 000 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Batna (c. 280 800 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Khenchela (c. 117 000 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Aïn Beïda (c. 105 800 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Oum el Bouaghi (c. 100 800 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from El Khroub (c. 83 700 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Aïn Touta (c. 72 300 pop).

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 occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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. 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: 22 km ESE of Tazoult-Lambese, Algeria.

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