A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 158 km ENE of Tokar, Sudan (98 miles) on Tuesday. Event id: us20003hb2. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003hb2. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/08/15 / 2015-08-24 21:23:46 / August 24, 2015 @ 9:23 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 39.0594 East, latitude 19.0831 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:23:46 / 12:23 am (local time epicenter).
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 struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 158 km ENE of Tokar, Sudan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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