A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Chebika in Tunisia on Sunday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/08/25 / 2025-08-17 19:22:41 / August 17, 2025 @ 7:22 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000r1rl. Id of event: us6000r1rl. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:22:41 / 7:22 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 7.5239 East, latitude 34.3594 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Event epicenter was 65 km (41 miles) from Bir el Ater (c. 68 700 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Al Metlaoui (c. 41 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Tozeur (c. 34 900 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Ar Rudayyif (c. 30 000 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Nefta (c. 21 700 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Degache (c. 8 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Al Metlaoui, Degache, Tozeur. Country/countries that might be effected, Algeria (c. 34 586 000 pop), Tunisia (c. 10 589 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 38 km W of Chebika, Tunisia.

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