A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Khorixas in Namibia. 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 14.58 km (9 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 25/05/18 / 2018-05-25 14:58:44 / May 25, 2018 @ 2:58 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000ec3w. Id of event: us1000ec3w. Exact location of event, depth 14.58 km, 14.6259° East, -19.7746° South. The temblor was detected at 15:58:44 / 3:58 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Khorixas. Country/countries that might be effected, Namibia (c. 2 128 000 pop). The epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Khorixas (c. 12 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 74 km NNW of Khorixas, Namibia.
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