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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Magadi in Kenya

Posted by admin on July 16, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -1.7815S, 36.2153WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Magadi in Kenya. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mzmk. Id of event: us7000mzmk. Exact location of event, longitude 36.2153 East, latitude -1.7815 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/07/24 / 2024-07-16 17:32:55 / July 16, 2024 @ 5:32 pm. The temblor was reported at 17:32:55 / 5:32 pm (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Nairobi (c. 2 750 500 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Narok (c. 36 100 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Pumwani (c. 29 600 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Athi River (c. 24 500 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Kiambu (c. 21 200 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Magadi (c. 14 500 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Kajiado (c. 11 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kiambu, Athi River, Limuru (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Kenya (c. 40 047 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 has occurred nearby.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 15 km NNW of Magadi, Kenya. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 36.2153° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -1.7815° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 15 km NNW of Magadi, Kenya Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-16 17:32:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-16 17:56:40 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 14 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 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 331 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 22 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.224 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.68 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 us7000mzmk Id of event.
Event Code 7000mzmk An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mzmk, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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