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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Kabalo in Democratic Republic


Earthquake location -6.3976S, 26.873WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Kabalo in Democratic Republic . Exact location of earthquake, longitude 26.873 East, latitude -6.3976 South, depth = 12.28 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12.28 km (8 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20008fy1. Id of event: us20008fy1. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/01/17 / 2017-01-18 23:35:05 / January 18, 2017 @ 11:35 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 01:35:05 / 1:35 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kabalo (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Democratic Republic of the Congo (c. 70 916 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 39 km (24 miles) from Kabalo (c. 29 800 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 38 km S of Kabalo, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 26.873° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -6.3976° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 12.28 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 38km S of Kabalo, Democratic Republic of the Congo Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-01-18 23:35:05 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-02-15 04:13:26 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 120 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 259 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 6.929 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.34 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 101 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 us20008fy1 Id of event.
Event Code 20008fy1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20008fy1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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