Earthquake: M 5.1 quake strikes near Karonga in Malawi

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (mg/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Karonga in Malawi. The temblor was reported at 09:47:36 / 9:47 pm (local time epicenter) at a depth of 14.96 km (9 miles). Global time of event 2014-12-31 07:47:36 UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude 33.8562 East, latitude -9.9439 South, depth 14.96 km.

Close countries, Malawi (c. 15 448 000 pop), Tanzania (c. 41 893 000 pop). The epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Katumba (c. 108 600 pop), 9 km (5 miles) from Karonga (c. 34 200 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Kyela (c. 30 700 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Tukuyu (c. 28 400 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Kiwira (c. 21 300 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Manda, Itumba, Kiwira.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	33.8562° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-9.9439° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	14.96 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	8km W of Karonga, Malawi	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2014-12-31 19:47:36	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2014-12-31 20:05:19	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	120	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	0	The total number of felt reports
CDI	1	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami		This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	400	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	us	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	7.661	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.95 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	77	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	usc000tb03	Id of event.
Event Code	c000tb03	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	usc000tb03	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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