Another earth tremor was felt in several localities of Malta this morning, at about 11.25a.m.

The tremor was the fifth recorded close to Malta in a few hours.

The first one, at 00.11 a.m., was reported in several localities including Qormi, Msida, Floriana, Marsa, Siggiewi, Valletta, Marsascala and Zabbar. No damage was caused.

The Seismic Monitoring and Research Unit, University of Malta and the Italian Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanalogia reported that the first tremor - which was the most widely felt - had an undersea magnititude 3.5 earthquake 37km east of Malta. The location was 35.85°N, 14.892°E at a depth of 7.1km.

A reader from Msida told timesofmalta.com she even saw water moving in her cup at her second floor apartment.

In Floriana, a man said he felt a door shake. In Balluta Buildings, St. Julians, a reader said that the windows rattled and the floor shook.

In Zabbar, a man said the pets reacted to the shock.

The University seismic monitoring unit said the earthquake was followed by other events at approximately the same location at 03:34 (magnitude  3.3), 04:44 (magnitude 2.5)  and 06:39 (magnitude 3.5) local time. 

"This  seismic activity is associated with the offshore faults around the Maltese islands, which often occurs as “earthquake swarms” lasting from a few hours to a few days," Pauline Galea, who heads the seismic monitoring unit said.

These events were considered normal seismic activity associated with the offshore faults around the Maltese islands.   

The location of the earthquakes may be viewed on the website www.phys.um.edu.mt/seismic, where residents may also fill in the online questionnaire if they felt any shaking. 

On April 1, a 6.1-magnitude undersea quake which rocked the southeastern Aegean Sea, off the north coast of Crete, was felt in several localities in Malta.