A magnitude four tremor struck at Golfo di Noto – Capo Passero, some 100 km away from Malta yesterday at 7.18 p.m.

The Wied Dalam seismograph registered a strong shock as the earthquake was at a very shallow depth of 10 km.

It was a single event and no aftershocks were recorded.

No damage was recorded in Sicily, where the tremor was felt.

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