A slight tremor was felt in several localities in the south of Malta this afternoon.

It was also recorded by the seismic monitoring and research unit of the University of Malta, which recorded it at a magnitude of 2.5 south east of Malta in location 35.73N ; 14.63E. Another tremor was reported in the same location two days ago.

Readers reported feeling the tremor today in Zabbar, Marsaxlokk and Fgura at about 5.15 p.m.

A set of tremors in the same area off Malta was recorded on April 25-26 with the most powerful reaching a magnitude of 3.5.

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