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Witness location : Modica (Italy)

Short

Witness location : Msida (Malta)

Was in bed and felt a shake

Witness location : Marsaskala (Malta)

We felt it for about 4 seconds

Witness location : Msida (Malta)

Felt it; the table and bed was shaking it last for 2 seconds.

Witness location : Imdina (Malta)

Rabat, Malta

Witness location : Santa Croce Camerina (Italy)

Ci mancava solo il terremoto

Witness location : Santa Croce Camerina (Italy)

😠😠😠😠😠

Witness location : Sliema (Malta)

I felt a wave of shaking while relaxing on the sofa. Can't be mistaken with anything else.

Witness location : Ragusa (Italy)

Si è avvertito un boato, e 5-6sec di scossa

Witness location : Enna (Italy)

Il letto ha tremato in maniera significativa

Witness location : (Italy)

OPPPPPP U THY KARIIII

Witness location : Pedalino (Italy)

Ho sentito il rumore dei muri che vibravano e visto i lampadari che oscillavano

Witness location : Marina di Ragusa (Italy)

House was shaking in Marina di Ragusa

Witness location : Canalicchio (Italy)

E' stato forte e a 2 riprese

Witness location : (Malta)

My daughter messaged us saying she felt the earthquake

Witness location : Sciacca (Italy)

Ero sopra il letto, ad un certo punto ha incominciato a vibrare ed il lampadario si è messo a dondolare

Witness location : Canicattini Bagni (Italy)

Unico forte colpo secco e un boato..... Ho pensato fosse scoppiata una bomba

Witness location : Acate (Italy)

Mare

Witness location : Siracusa (Italy)

È durato pochi secondi , ho sentito tremare i piatti posati nella piattaia....

Witness location : Pedagaggi (Italy)

Very strong!

Witness location : Licata (Italy)

Short and strong earthquake. Floor was shaking. It felt like a truck was driving into the house.

Witness location : Sliema (Malta)

Rather one hour later 21:30 - my TV and the house  was swaying for 7-8 seconds

Witness location : Avola (Italy)

Mi sono spaventato

Witness location : Licata (Italy)

Short earthquake, shaking the floor, like a truck was driving into the house.

Witness location : Ragusa (Italy)

I felt it like a big stone felt on the stairs. Rumour and shaking.

Witness location : Giarre (Italy)

PALLE E CAMPANELLE DELL' ALBERO CHE SI MUOVEVANO

Witness location : Aci Trezza (Italy)

Si è sentito appena

Witness location : Floridia (Italy)

No

Witness location : Canalicchio (Italy)

Im va benne

Witness location : Enna (Italy)

Il letto ha tremato in maniera significativa

Witness location : Comiso (Italy)

C'è stato una scossa di terremoto un po forte per più di 10 secondi a Comiso, Sicilia

Witness location : Ta’ Xbiex (Malta)

Feael in Malta too

Witness location : Sliema (Malta)

Short one hit but strong.

Witness location : Barrafranca (Italy)

E stata una forte botta

Witness location : Gela (Italy)

Very strong at 3th floor.I was knocked against the wall.

Witness location : Santa Croce Camerina (Italy)

We were in an rv. It started shaking.

Witness location : Comiso (Italy)

Rouli forte

Witness location : Catania (Italy)

Yes around for 15 seconds and before a roar sound. I thought was Etna vulcano because at the moment is in eruption. But than I knew was in Ragusa area so I think that should have been  strong.

Witness location : Marsaskala (Malta)

Slight shake

Witness location : San Ġiljan (Malta)

Felt in the North/East of Malta and made the chandelier sway...

Witness location : Palermo (Italy)

Sentito a Palermo piani alti la vetrina di modellini comincio a tremare x 6 se ondi

Witness location : Mosta (Malta)

Felt shaking and heard something crack from afar

Witness location : Ragusa (Italy)

There was a big roar and the floor started to shake. I was not moving and I was up.

Witness location : Marsaskala (Malta)

Felt in Malta

Witness location : Ta’ Xbiex (Malta)

Couch moved

Witness location : Msida (Malta)

Sitting on a sofa, it shook for two or three seconds and felt as if someone bumped against it a few times.

Witness location : Ragusa (Italy)

We could hear the sound of it coming like thunder and wind, then the whole house started to vibrate with the ground underneath us rumbling , like underground thunder. We could feel it going under the house. My house is on wheels and seismic proof. It's prefabricated. As soon as we run towards the front door to escape outside, the quake stopped. My 2 dogs, usually know when a storm us coming, 10 mins before, and run under my bed to hide. However, it was strange that the dogs stayed in their beds and didn't move. It did wake them up but they didn't show any signs of stress, nor did they move out of their beds. Very strange.

Witness location : Scicli (Italy)

Solo grazie paura 5. 2 sicilia ragusa scicli vittoria

Witness location : San Filippo Superiore (Italy)

Sentito a Messina.

Witness location : San Pawl il-Baħar (Malta)

Slight movement of the flat for a couple of seconds. We are a big block of 40 flats. I am 4th floor.

Witness location : San Pawl il-Baħar (Malta)

Felt in malta

Witness location : Pachino (Italy)

Lasted about 6 seconds no aftershocks

Witness location : Swieqi (Malta)

Felt like jelly for a couple of seconds

Witness location : Vittoria (Italy)

Vibrava tutto ma è durato veramente poco

Witness location : Valletta (Malta)

furniture shook for a short time and some noise too.

Witness location : Villaggio del Pino-Le Ginestre (Italy)

Sentito bene . Armadio e lampadario muoversi

Witness location : Barrafranca (Italy)

Pavimento oscilla e lampadario di muove

Witness location : Senglea (Malta)

I live in Senglea, Malta, in the third floor i I felt the earthquake quite strong.

Witness location : Sliema (Malta)

Leggera a malta

Witness location : Augusta (Italy)

Forte rombo e scosse.

Witness location : San Pawl il-Baħar (Malta)

I was sitting on the sofa an it stated to behave slightly like a rocking chair for 4 o 4 seconds

Witness location : Rabat (Malta)

The bed shaked and chandelier moved

Witness location : Palermo (Italy)

Ho sentito vibrare la parete attrezzata

Witness location : Imġarr (Malta)

i am always afraid

Witness location : Gela (Italy)

We live next to a lake, Everything started shaking, all the tables moved. The house didn’t have any damage though. Very scary.

Witness location : Żejtun (Malta)

I heard a rattle, which I thought was the wind and felt the sofa move a little but I thought it was because of my dog who was jumping on it...

Witness location : Solarino (Italy)

Ho visto i muri ondulare i muri e lampadario.

Witness location : Acitrezza (Italy)

Lampadari fermi, i vetri hanno tremato e l’albero di Natale ballava

Witness location : Ragusa (Italy)

Paura

Witness location : Barrafranca (Italy)

Sembrava che una macchina fosse sbattuta contro la nostra casa. Si sono mossi i lampadari

Witness location : Gela (Italy)

Tremore oscillatorio accompagnato dal rumore degli infissi dei balconi durata circa 15 secondi

Witness location : Palermo (Italy)

Ho sentito il terremoto bene al centro di Palermo.

Witness location : Ragusa (Italy)

Spaventoso

Witness location : Catania (Italy)

Felt the living room shake

Witness location : Swieqi (Malta)

Strong but short shake

Witness location : Siracusa (Italy)

Tres tres fort il a duré 10 seconds

Witness location : Siracusa (Italy)

Abbastanza forte

Witness location : Marsaskala (Malta)

in Marsaskala, Malta

Witness location : Sliema (Malta)

Quite substantial Christmas tree shook, sofa moved.

Witness location : Canalicchio (Italy)

Ero seduto al tavolo e sentivo vibrazione nella sedia, mia moglie era all'inpiedi non ha sentito niente, è accaduto alle 21h28 a catania cap 95125

Witness location : San Ġiljan (Malta)

Just felt it in Malta

Witness location : Attard (Malta)

Felt it due to Sicily vicinity

Witness location : Mascalucia (Italy)

Non forte

Witness location : Żebbuġ (Malta)

Slight trembling

Witness location : Catania (Italy)

Minchia chi bottA

Witness location : Barrafranca (Italy)

Avvertito leggermente a Barrafranca, 80km di distanza da Catania

Witness location : Sliema (Malta)

Quick jolt

Witness location : Marsaskala (Malta)

7 people around a table ..some felt it and it some didn't.

Witness location : Lija (Malta)

Water bottle contents moved

Witness location : Gżira (Malta)

Slight movement of the building for maybe 3 seconds could feel sofa wobble

Witness location : Motta Sant'Anastasia (Italy)

Room shook

Witness location : Giardini-Naxos (Italy)

Taomina, sicily felt a shake for atlease 8 seconds

Witness location : Noto (Italy)

Forte movimento, ci ha fatto muovere...

Witness location : Gżira (Malta)

I was sat on the sofa having a little fidget and the Mrs said was that an earthquake.. I didn’t feel it but the girlfriend was 100% certain.

Witness location : Buġibba (Malta)

It took just few seconds but it made the ornaments on my christmas tree moving. Also I felt the couch moving while I was sitting on it.

Witness location : Żejtun (Malta)

Wardrobe doors and bed were shaking for few seconds

Witness location : Francofonte (Italy)

Abbastanza forte, avvertito da tutti

Witness location : Ta’ Xbiex (Malta)

Mild backwards & forwards shaking for about 3-5 seconds. Felt in 6th floor apartment in Ta’ Xbiex, Malta.

Witness location : Naxxar (Malta)

My wife and I both felt movement while sitting down on a sofa

Witness location : Gżira (Malta)

2 seconds , Malta

Witness location : Canalicchio (Italy)

Sentito, si muovevano le piante in appartamento

Witness location : Siracusa (Italy)

Tremava il pavimento

Witness location : Siracusa (Italy)

Si è sentito anche a Siracusa città

Witness location : Marsaskala (Malta)

sofa started shaking and so did the doors slightly

Witness location : Gżira (Malta)

Felt a weak shake

Witness location : San Pawl il-Baħar (Malta)

Small shake. Like a pudim

Witness location : Santa Venera (Malta)

Trembling chair

Witness location : Messina (Italy)

Sesto piano, ho sentito ondeggiare il divano

Witness location : Sliema (Malta)

Malta

Witness location : Canalicchio (Italy)

Tremava il divano

Witness location : Fgura (Malta)

Slight quake felt on the second floor.

Witness location : Marsaskala (Malta)

5 piani a Malta.... Sentito da mia moglie

Witness location : Modica (Italy)

Couple seconds. House is shaking

Witness location : Saint John (Malta)

Just 2 seconds in malta! but looks like strong

Witness location : Ta’ Xbiex (Malta)

Felt if in Msida, Malta. Mild vibration and heard the bookshelf squeak.

Witness location : Birkirkara (Malta)

🏡🎉

Witness location : Modica (Italy)

Бул шум, он напугал больше

Witness location : Sliema (Malta)

Two separate movements a second apart, plants shook and you could feel it sitting on a chair

Witness location : Sliema (Malta)

It was all of a sudden for quite short time

Witness location : San Pawl il-Baħar (Malta)

Felt in Saint Paul’s Bay, Malta

Witness location : Santa Venera (Malta)

Felt in Malta a few seconds the bed was shaking.

Witness location : Sliema (Malta)

It was like someone would move me on the sofa, when I was sitting on it. the chandelier was swinging

Witness location : Canalicchio (Italy)

si è mosso tutto, anche il lampadario, vetri finestre vibravano.

Witness location : Siracusa (Italy)

Mi cacai

Witness location : Sliema (Malta)

My chair was shaking in Malta

Witness location : San Pawl il-Baħar (Malta)

Couple secondsit was felt in Malta, chandelier shakeit

Witness location : Buscemi (Italy)

Si è sentito molto forte preceduto da un forte boato

Witness location : Palermo (Italy)

Leggera a Palermo

Witness location : Motta Sant'Anastasia (Italy)

Laying in bed and it was shaking I heard other things in the house clinking together

Witness location : Siracusa (Italy)

Si sono mossi tutte le bottiglie e cose non ben fissate

Witness location : Floridia (Italy)

Un po’ di spavento, mi sono messa sotto un’ architrave.

Witness location : Żejtun (Malta)

Heard a noise and felt the furniture shaking.

Witness location : Giarre (Italy)

it lasted very long but wasn't very strong in my area

Witness location : Catania (Italy)

Sentito forte, nonostante la distanza di 92km - tremavano stanza e in particolare orchidee

Witness location : Avola (Italy)

Started as a rumbling like a tractor in the road. We thought maybe it was the dogs running up the stairs next to our window, but then the rumbling continued, and I thought it was probably a mild earthquake. Then! Suddenly a huge creak noise from the house and one strong lateral jolt (west to east) very surprising!!!

Witness location : Birkirkara (Malta)

Sitting o.n Sofa. Felt light shaking

Witness location : Siracusa (Italy)

Tanta paura

Witness location : Siracusa (Italy)

Spavento ma tutto bene

Witness location : Senglea (Malta)

Malta

Witness location : Santa Maria di Licodia (Italy)

I’ve noticed here 2x in MS di Licodia

Witness location : (Malta)

Armchair wobbled

Witness location : Xgħajra (Malta)

Strong , 1 second long

Witness location : Siracusa (Italy)

Ondulatorio

Witness location : Birkirkara (Malta)

Felt tremors on sofa

Witness location : Catania (Italy)

Un lieve tremore prolungato

Witness location : L-Iklin (Malta)

I felt it clearly for about 3 secs.

Witness location : Grammichele (Italy)

Bello

Witness location : Floridia (Italy)

Preceduto da un boato

Witness location : Birkirkara (Malta)

Slight shaking lasted not more than 3 seconds. Wasnt certain what it was.

Witness location : San Ġiljan (Malta)

Very light shaking of sofa and chair

Witness location : Gżira (Malta)

Wat

Witness location : Siracusa (Italy)

It’s was long and strong

Witness location : Catania (Italy)

Percepito a stento. Catania città. Piano terra.

Witness location : Carrozziere (Italy)

It shook a few non-fixed objects and even moved the sofa.

Witness location : Catania (Italy)

Small vibrations for short duration (heavy truck passing using bad road)