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Moderate mag. 4.3 earthquake - Eastern Mediterranean, 174 km north of Tripoli, Libya, on Saturday, August 4, 2018 at 04:07 GMT

Moderate magnitude 4.3 earthquake at 10 km depth

4 Aug 04:56 UTC: First to report: INGV after 49 minutes.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Aug 4, 2018 04:07:08 UTC
Local time at epicenter
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4.3
Depth	10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	34.3951°N / 13.678°E (Eastern Mediterranean, Libya)
Antipode	34.395°S / 166.322°W
Shaking intensity	Light shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	INGV (Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia)
Nearest volcano	###NEARESTVOLCANO2###
Nearby towns and cities	171 km (106 mi) N of Tājūrā’ (pop: 100,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 174 km (108 mi) NNE of Tripoli (pop: 1,151,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 177 km (110 mi) SSW of Mqabba (Malta) (pop: 2,890) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 179 km (111 mi) SSW of Mdina (Malta) (pop: 360) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 179 km (111 mi) SSW of Imtarfa (Malta) (pop: 2,430) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 181 km (112 mi) SSW of Paula (Malta) (pop: 9,260) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 182 km (113 mi) SSW of Balzan (Malta) (pop: 3,240) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 183 km (114 mi) SSW of Senglea (Malta) (pop: 2,960) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 183 km (114 mi) SSW of Ta’ Xbiex (Malta) (pop: 1,640) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 183 km (114 mi) SSW of Floriana (Malta) (pop: 2,520) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 183 km (114 mi) SSW of Birgu (Malta) (pop: 2,940) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 184 km (114 mi) SSW of Valleta (Malta) (pop: 6,790) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 184 km (114 mi) SSW of Hal Gharghur (Malta) (pop: 2,030) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 190 km (118 mi) SSW of Għajnsielem (Malta) (pop: 3,260) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 202 km (125 mi) NNW of Al Khums (pop: 201,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 160 km (99 mi) SE of Lampedusa Island (pop: 5,870) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 180 km (112 mi) SSW of Malta Island (pop: 388,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake
Estimated seismic energy released	1.8 x 10¹¹ joules (49.4 megawatt hours, equivalent to 42.5 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
4.3	10 km	Libya [Sea]	INGV

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Seismograms

Seismic station: Castrocucco, Italy (CUC/MN network) | Distance from quake: 651 km / 404 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Castrocucco, Italy: vertical movement plot around time of quake (source: IRIS/BUD)

Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Bandpass filter applied: 0.2-5.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

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