A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) was reported 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Karibib in Namibia on Saturday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000jat4. Id of event: us1000jat4. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/03/19 / 2019-03-02 21:20:37 / March 2, 2019 @ 9:20 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 16.104 East, latitude -21.9811 South, depth = 10 km. The 3.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:20:37 / 10:20 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Omaruru, Usakos, Otjimbingwe (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Namibia (c. 2 128 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 63 km (39 miles) from Omaruru (c. 11 500 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Usakos (c. 9 100 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Otjimbingwe (c. 7 700 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Karibib (c. 6 900 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 28 km E of Karibib, Namibia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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