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.