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Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Kigoma in Tanzania


Earthquake location -5.1853S, 28.9646WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Kigoma in Tanzania. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:47:36 / 10:47 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 28.9646° East, -5.1853° South, depth 10 km. Event id: us6000a6ls. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000a6ls. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/05/20 / 2020-05-31 22:47:36 / May 31, 2020 @ 10:47 pm.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kalemie, Mwandiga, Kigoma (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Democratic Republic of the Congo (c. 70 916 000 pop), Tanzania (c. 41 893 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Kigoma (c. 164 300 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Kalemie (c. 147 000 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Mwandiga (c. 16 800 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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: 80 km WSW of Kigoma, Tanzania.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 28.9646° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -5.1853° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 80 km WSW of Kigoma, Tanzania Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-05-31 22:47:36 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-06-12 03:30:41 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 4.885 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 111 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 us6000a6ls Id of event.
Event Code 6000a6ls An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000a6ls, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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