Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 16 km NE of Theunissen, South Africa

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Earthquake location -28.2974S, 26.8055W A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Theunissen in South Africa on Saturday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000hi8e. Id of event: us2000hi8e. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:42:12 / 12:42 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 26.8055° East, latitude -28.2974° South, depth = 5 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 14/09/18 / 2018-09-14 22:42:12 / September 14, 2018 @ 10:42 pm UTC/GMT.

The epicenter was 36 km (23 miles) from Welkom (c. 431 900 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Virginia (c. 122 500 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Kroonstad (c. 104 000 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Kutloanong (c. 95 000 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Wesselsbron (c. 42 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Senekal (c. 39 600 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, South Africa (c. 49 000 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kroonstad, Senekal, Marquard (min 5000 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 has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 16 km NE of Theunissen, South Africa. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	26.8055° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-28.2974° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	5 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	16km NE of Theunissen, South Africa	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-09-14 22:42:12	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-10-01 04:59:31	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	284	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	1.4	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.91 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	105	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	us2000hi8e	Id of event.
Event Code	2000hi8e	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000hi8e,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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