A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Vikindu in Tanzania on Wednesday. The temblor was picked up at 02:43:26 / 2:43 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us20003hga. Unique identifier: us20003hga. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 39.9031° East, -7.1441° South. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/09/15 / 2015-09-08 23:43:26 / September 8, 2015 @ 11:43 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kisarawe, Mahonda, Kilindoni (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from Dar es Salaam (c. 2 698 700 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Mkuranga (c. 28 000 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Sokoni (c. 25 800 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Vikindu (c. 23 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Magomeni (c. 19 100 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Kisarawe (c. 12 500 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Kilindoni (c. 12 400 pop). Close country/countries, Tanzania (c. 41 893 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
Did you feel anything?
How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 68 km ESE of Vikindu, Tanzania.
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Jyothi Prakash
I felt the shake at 2.44 am as I woke up to go to wash room. I stay in 10th floor. I thought it’s earthquake but when I saw outside from balcony whole city centre was sleeping. So I too ignored the shake noticed by me
Thomas Wilson
I was in Msasani. Only one shock, no damage.
Maddalena Martinengo
Hi, Many people here in Dar es Salaam felt it
They say their bed was shaking about 5 to 7 secs 🙂
Dave
I have felt a significant shake and a slight swing ,it was around 2:00 am and I was sure it was an earth quake as there were no heavy trucks or mashineries moving on that area ,
That is the reason why I googled for any update as noting disclosed on news
Dar es Salam ,changombe road area
TR
felt it for about 4 seconds.