A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Khorixas in Namibia on Thursday. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/05/18 / 2018-05-24 07:08:13 / May 24, 2018 @ 7:08 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 14.6603° East, -19.8281° South, depth 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000eb4u. Unique identifier: us1000eb4u. The temblor was detected at 08:08:13 / 8:08 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 68 km (42 miles) from Khorixas (c. 12 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Namibia (c. 2 128 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khorixas (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 67 km NNW of Khorixas, Namibia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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