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Light earthquake: M4.3 quake strikes near Sundumbili in South Africa


Earthquake location -29.1753S, 31.7455WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (mg/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Sundumbili in South Africa. The temblor was reported at 05:21:50 / 5:21 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time of event 16/06/15 / 2015-06-16 03:21:50 / June 16, 2015 @ 3:21 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude 31.7455 East, latitude -29.1753 South, depth 10 km, unique identifier, us20002q6e. Ids that are associated to the event, ,us20002q6e,.

Close countries, South Africa (c. 49 000 000 pop). The epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Richards Bay (c. 253 000 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Stanger (c. 59 900 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from eSikhawini (c. 49 300 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Empangeni (c. 28 100 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Ballitoville (c. 17 200 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Eshowe (c. 14 800 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ballitoville, Richards Bay, Empangeni.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 31.7455° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -29.1753° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 34km E of Sundumbili, South Africa Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-06-16 03:21:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-06-16 22:02:40 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 120 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 5.717 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.78 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 287 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 us20002q6e Id of event.
Event Code 20002q6e An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20002q6e, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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