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Moderate earthquake: M5.1 quake has struck near Msanga in Tanzania


Earthquake location -5.4875S, 35.9531WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Msanga in Tanzania on Wednesday. Id of earthquake: us10006361. Event ids that are associated: us10006361. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 35.9531° East, -5.4875° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/07/16 / 2016-07-13 03:01:15 / July 13, 2016 @ 3:01 am. The temblor was picked up at 06:01:15 / 6:01 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kongwa, Kintinku, Dodoma (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tanzania (c. 41 893 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 80 km (50 miles) from Dodoma (c. 180 500 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Kondoa (c. 23 500 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Kongwa (c. 11 800 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Kisasa (c. 10 000 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Kintinku (c. 7 900 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Msanga (c. 5 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Kibaya (c. 5 000 pop).

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 have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 62 km N of Msanga, Tanzania. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 35.9531° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -5.4875° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 62km N of Msanga, Tanzania Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-07-13 03:01:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-07-13 03:26:47 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 180 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 4 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.2 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 0 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 401 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 3.742 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.42 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 31 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 us10006361 Id of event.
Event Code 10006361 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10006361, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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