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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Loyada in Djibouti


Earthquake location 11.5758S, 43.8683WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Loyada in Djibouti on Monday. 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 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 31/08/20 / 2020-08-31 21:39:23 / August 31, 2020 @ 9:39 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 43.8683 East, latitude 11.5758 North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us7000bfhf. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000bfhf. The temblor was picked up at 21:39:23 / 9:39 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Djibouti, Obock (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 79 km (49 miles) from Djibouti (c. 623 900 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Obock (c. 17 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Djibouti (c. 741 000 pop) (That might be effected).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 was reported nearby.

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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 68 km E of Loyada, Djibouti.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 43.8683° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 11.5758° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 68 km E of Loyada, Djibouti Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-08-31 21:39:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-08-31 22:30:35 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 298 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 1.002 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 181 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 us7000bfhf Id of event.
Event Code 7000bfhf An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000bfhf, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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