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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag was detected near Mpanda in Tanzania


Earthquake location -6.4235S, 30.9612WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Mpanda in Tanzania. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event id: us2000h891. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000h891. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 30.9612° East, -6.4235° South. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:46:41 / 11:46 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/08/18 / 2018-08-26 20:46:41 / August 26, 2018 @ 8:46 pm.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Usevia, Karema, Mpanda. The epicenter was 15 km (9 miles) from Mpanda (c. 73 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Usevia (c. 17 700 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Karema (c. 12 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, Tanzania (c. 41 893 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 10 km SW of Mpanda, Tanzania.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 30.9612° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -6.4235° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 10km SW of Mpanda, Tanzania Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-08-26 20:46:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-09-24 15:53:57 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 180 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 340 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 5.787 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.67 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 79 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 us2000h891 Id of event.
Event Code 2000h891 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000h891, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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