A tremor was felt in various parts of Malta this evening at about 10.10pm.
Readers reported feeling the tremor all over the island, from Gozo to Marsascala. It was also felt in the province of Ragusa.
The cause appeared to be a 5.4 magnitude earthquake 89 kilometres south of Athens. It lasted 10 seconds.
The tremor registered on the seismic monitoring graph of the University of Malta (marked in GMT).
Many posted comments on the social media to say they felt the earth tremble for a few seconds.