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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Cibitoke in Burundi

Posted by admin on January 4, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -3.0081S, 29.2278WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Cibitoke in Burundi. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/01/25 / 2025-01-04 14:51:50 / January 4, 2025 @ 2:51 pm. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 29.2278° East, -3.0081° South. The temblor was detected at 14:51:50 / 2:51 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000phuy. Unique identifier: us6000phuy. 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.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 44 km (28 miles) from Bujumbura (c. 331 700 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Bukavu (c. 225 400 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Uvira (c. 170 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Butare (c. 89 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Cyangugu (c. 63 900 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Kabare (c. 37 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Nzega (c. 33 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Burundi (c. 9 863 000 pop), Democratic Republic of the Congo (c. 70 916 000 pop), Rwanda (c. 11 056 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gitega, Mwaro, Kabare (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 17 km SE of Cibitoke, Burundi.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 29.2278° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -3.0081° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 17 km SE of Cibitoke, Burundi Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-01-04 14:51:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-04 15:09:37 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 312 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 26 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 8.234 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.77 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 128 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 us6000phuy Id of event.
Event Code 6000phuy An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000phuy, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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