Contact | RSS | EN | DE | EL | ES | FR | IT | RU

Moderate mag. 4.2 earthquake - 22 km southwest of Tripoli, Mohafazat Liban-Nord, Lebanon, on Sunday, Mar 19, 2023 at 10:44 am (GMT +2) -

I felt this quake

Moderate mag. 4.2 earthquake - 22 km southwest of Tripoli, Mohafazat Liban-Nord, Lebanon, on Sunday, Mar 19, 2023 at 10:44 am (GMT +2)

Moderate magnitude 4.2 earthquake at 8 km depth

19 Mar 09:21 UTC: First to report: KOERI-RETMC after 37 minutes.

I felt this quake

I didn't feel it

Earthquake details

Date & time	Mar 19, 2023 08:44:04 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Sunday, Mar 19, 2023 at 10:44 am (GMT +2)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4.2
Depth	7.5 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	34.2857°N / 35.6788°E (Mohafazat Liban-Nord, Lebanon)
Antipode	34.286°S / 144.321°W
Shaking intensity	Weak shaking
Felt	2 reports
Primary data source	KOERI-RETMC (Kandilli Oservatory and Earthquake Research Institute in Istanbul)
Nearest volcano	Golan Heights (135 km / 84 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	4 km (2 mi) NNE of Batroûn (Liban-Nord) (pop: 10,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 19 km (12 mi) N of Jubayl (Mont-Liban) (pop: 20,800) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 22 km (14 mi) SW of Tripoli (Liban-Nord) (pop: 229,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 31 km (19 mi) W of Basharri (Bcharre, Liban-Nord) (pop: 20,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 34 km (21 mi) N of Jounieh (Mont-Liban) (pop: 96,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 47 km (29 mi) NNE of Beirut (Beyrouth) (pop: 1,916,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 86 km (53 mi) NNE of Sidon (South Governorate) (pop: 163,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 103 km (64 mi) NW of Damascus (Dimashq, Syria) (pop: 1,569,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Light Rain 13.5°C (56 F), humidity: 86%, wind: 9 m/s (18 kts) from SW
Estimated seismic energy released	1.3 x 10¹¹ joules (35 megawatt hours, equivalent to 30.1 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

Show interactive Map

[smaller] [bigger]

If you felt this quake (or if you were near the epicenter), please share your experience and submit a short "I felt it" report! Other users would love to hear about it!
If you did NOT feel the quake although you were in the area, please report it! Your contribution is valuable to earthquake science, seismic hazard analysis and mitigation efforts. You can use your device location or the map to indicate where you were during the earthquake. Thank you!

Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

Info: The more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.

Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
4.2	7.5 km	Lebanon: DOGU MEDITERRANEAN SEA	KOERI-RETMC
3.9	10 km	Cyprus: Jordan-Syria Region	GFZ

Most recent quakes Top 20 past 24 hrs Quakes in Syria

Seismograms

Seismic station: GEOFON Station Eilat, Israel (EIL/GE network) | Distance from quake: 518 km / 322 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station GEOFON Station Eilat, Israel: 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

User reports for this quake (7)

User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.

Contribute:
Leave a comment if you find a particular report interesting or want to add to it.
Flag as inappropriate.
Mark as helpful or interesting.
Send your own user report!

Translate

Jounieh, Keserwan District, Mont-Liban (35.3 km S of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) / rattling, vibrating / 10-15 s : Sitting on the floor, I felt the entire house vibrating and I felt the ground underneath me vibrating. It was weak. Thank God for everyone's safety. | One user found this interesting. (reported through our app)

Ashqelon, Southern District (308.3 km SSW of epicenter) [Map] / not felt (reported through our app)

Jounieh, Keserwan District, Mont-Liban (38.2 km S of epicenter) [Map] / not felt (reported through our app)

Trikomo, Ammochostos (195.4 km NW of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) / both vertical and horizontal swinging (reported through our app)

/ not felt (reported through our app)

hazmieh - lebanon / not felt (reported through our app)

Γαστριά / not felt

Earlier earthquakes in the same area

Click here to search our database for earlier earthquakes in the same area since 1900!

Try our free app!

Android | iOS version

Why is there advertising on this site?

Support us - Help us upgrade our services!

We truly love working to bring you the latest volcano and earthquake data from around the world. Maintaining our website and our free apps does require, however, considerable time and resources.
We need financing to increase hard- and software capacity as well as support our editor team. We're aiming to achieve uninterrupted service wherever an earthquake or volcano eruption unfolds, and your donations can make it happen! Every donation will be highly appreciated. If you find the information useful and would like to support our team in integrating further features, write great content, and in upgrading our soft- and hardware, please make a donation (PayPal or Online credit card payment).

Planned features:

Improved multilanguage support
Tsunami alerts
Faster responsiveness

Thanks to your past donations, these features have been added recently:

Design upgrade
Detailed quake stats
Additional seismic data sources

Download and Upgrade the Volcanoes & Earthquakes app to get one of the fastest seismic and volcano alerts online:
Android | IOS

Thank you!

Sources: VolcanoDiscovery / VolcanoAdventures and other sources as noted.
Use of material: Most text and images on our websites are owned by us. Re-use is generally not permitted without authorization. Contact us for licensing rights.

Volcanoes & Earthquakes