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Light earthquake 4.7 mag, 44 km SSE of Yumbe, Uganda


Earthquake location 3.0959S, 31.3992WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Yumbe in Uganda. Event id: us2000j0ip. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j0ip. The temblor was picked up at 21:13:46 / 9:13 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 17.06 km (11 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 31.3992 East, latitude 3.0959 North, depth = 17.06 km. Global time and date of event 05/01/19 / 2019-01-05 18:13:46 / January 5, 2019 @ 6:13 pm UTC/GMT.

Epicenter of the event was 55 km (34 miles) from Arua (c. 55 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Nebbi (c. 30 400 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Adjumani (c. 28 700 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Paidha (c. 28 300 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Yumbe (c. 24 300 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Moyo (c. 18 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Uganda (c. 33 399 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Paidha, Nebbi, Moyo.

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 has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 44 km SSE of Yumbe, Uganda.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 31.3992° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 3.0959° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 17.06 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 44km SSE of Yumbe, Uganda Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-01-05 18:13:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-01-05 18:33:42 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 180 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 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 3.732 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.75 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 53 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 us2000j0ip Id of event.
Event Code 2000j0ip An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000j0ip, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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