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Light mag. 4.0 earthquake - Malta, 33 km east of Lampedusa Island, Sicily, Italy, on Wednesday, October 7, 1987 at 08:53 GMT

Light magnitude 4.0 earthquake at 33 km depth

Earthquake details

Date & time	Oct 7, 1987 08:53:26 UTC
Local time at epicenter
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4
Depth	33.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	35.537°N / 12.949°E (Strait of Sicily, Malta)
Antipode	35.537°S / 167.051°W
Shaking intensity	Weak shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Nearest volcano	Linosa (38 km / 24 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	31 km (19 mi) E of Lampedusa (Italy) (pop: 4,070) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 127 km (79 mi) WSW of Saint Lawrence (pop: 530) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 132 km (82 mi) WSW of Għajnsielem (pop: 3,260) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 137 km (85 mi) WSW of Imtarfa (pop: 2,430) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 137 km (85 mi) WSW of Mdina (pop: 360) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 142 km (88 mi) WSW of Mqabba (pop: 2,890) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 142 km (88 mi) WSW of Balzan (pop: 3,240) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 142 km (88 mi) WSW of Hal Gharghur (pop: 2,030) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 142 km (88 mi) WSW of Birkirkara (pop: 21,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 143 km (89 mi) WSW of Qormi (pop: 18,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 145 km (90 mi) WSW of Paula (pop: 9,260) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 145 km (90 mi) WSW of Ta’ Xbiex (pop: 1,640) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 146 km (91 mi) WSW of Floriana (pop: 2,520) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 147 km (91 mi) WSW of Senglea (pop: 2,960) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 147 km (91 mi) WSW of Valleta (pop: 6,790) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 147 km (91 mi) WSW of Birgu (pop: 2,940) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
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Estimated seismic energy released	6.3 x 10¹⁰ joules (17.5 megawatt hours, equivalent to 15.1 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
4.0	33 km	central Mediterranean Sea (Malta)	USGS

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