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Moderate mag. 4.2 earthquake - 39 km southeast of Żabbar, Malta, on Wednesday, May 21, 2014 at 04:13 GMT

Moderate magnitude 4.2 earthquake at 10 km depth

21 May 08:02 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 4 hours.

Earthquake details

Date & time	May 21, 2014 04:13:34 UTC
Local time at epicenter
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4.2
Depth	10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	35.65°N / 14.86°E (Strait of Sicily, Malta)
Antipode	35.65°S / 165.14°W
Shaking intensity	Light shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)
Nearest volcano	Etna (234 km / 145 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	35 km (22 mi) SE of Marsaskala (pop: 10,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 41 km (25 mi) SE of Senglea (pop: 2,960) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 41 km (25 mi) SE of Birgu (pop: 2,940) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 41 km (25 mi) SE of Paula (pop: 9,260) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 42 km (26 mi) ESE of Mqabba (pop: 2,890) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 42 km (26 mi) SE of Valleta (pop: 6,790) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 42 km (26 mi) SE of Floriana (pop: 2,520) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 43 km (27 mi) SE of Ta’ Xbiex (pop: 1,640) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 43 km (27 mi) SE of Qormi (pop: 18,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 45 km (28 mi) SE of Birkirkara (pop: 21,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 49 km (30 mi) ESE of Mdina (pop: 360) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 50 km (31 mi) ESE of Imtarfa (pop: 2,430) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 67 km (41 mi) SE of Għajnsielem (pop: 3,260) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 45 km (28 mi) SE of Malta Island (pop: 388,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake
Estimated seismic energy released	1.3 x 10¹¹ joules (35 megawatt hours, equivalent to 30.1 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
4.2	10 km	Central Mediterranean Sea	GFZ
4.2	10 km	4.2 MALTA REGION	EMSC

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Seismograms

Seismic station: Castrocucco, Italy (CUC/MN network) | Distance from quake: 490 km / 305 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: 0.2-10.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

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