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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Bujumbura in Burundi


Earthquake location -3.4519S, 29.44WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Bujumbura in Burundi on Sunday. The temblor was reported at 17:07:04 / 5:07 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000d2xs. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000d2xs. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/01/21 / 2021-01-24 17:07:04 / January 24, 2021 @ 5:07 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 29.44° East, -3.4519° South, depth 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Earthquake epicenter was 11 km (7 miles) from Bujumbura (c. 331 700 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Uvira (c. 170 400 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Ruyigi (c. 38 500 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Gitega (c. 23 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Ngozi (c. 21 500 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Rutana (c. 20 900 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Burundi (c. 9 863 000 pop), Democratic Republic of the Congo (c. 70 916 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Karuzi, Ruyigi, Makamba.

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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 11 km SE of Bujumbura, Burundi. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 29.44° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -3.4519° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11 km SE of Bujumbura, Burundi Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-01-24 17:07:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-01-24 18:51:07 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 3.114 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.26 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 87 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 us7000d2xs Id of event.
Event Code 7000d2xs An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000d2xs, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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