A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Al Jahrā’ in Kuwait. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:21:50 / 7:21 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 47.4618° East, latitude 28.951° North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/03/25 / 2025-03-15 07:21:50 / March 15, 2025 @ 7:21 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pz09. Id of event: us6000pz09.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was As Sālimīyah, Ar Rumaythīyah, Salwá. Close country/countries that might be effected, Kuwait (c. 2 789 000 pop). Event epicenter was 62 km (39 miles) from (c. 637 400 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from (c. 164 200 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from As Sālimīyah (c. 147 600 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from (c. 139 200 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Al Farwānīyah (c. 86 500 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from (c. 68 300 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 46 km SSW of Al Jahrā’, Kuwait. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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