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Light earthquake 4.7 mag, 57 km SW of Kilembe, Uganda

Posted by admin on February 13, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -0.2201S, 29.7119WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Kilembe in Uganda. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event id: us7000pdcx. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pdcx. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 11:16:10 / 11:16 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/02/25 / 2025-02-13 11:16:10 / February 13, 2025 @ 11:16 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 29.7119 East, latitude -0.2201 South, depth = 10 km.

Event epicenter was 62 km (38 miles) from Butembo (c. 154 600 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Beni (c. 89 600 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Kasese (c. 67 300 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Kamwenge (c. 17 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Ntungamo (c. 16 900 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Ntungamo (c. 15 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Kanungu (c. 14 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ntungamo, Kamwenge, Beni. Close country/countries, Democratic Republic of the Congo (c. 70 916 000 pop), Uganda (c. 33 399 000 pop) (That might be effected).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 two 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.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 57 km SW of Kilembe, Uganda. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 29.7119° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -0.2201° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 57 km SW of Kilembe, Uganda Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-02-13 11:16:10 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-13 11:39:55 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 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 340 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 40 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 7.593 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.03 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 55 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 us7000pdcx Id of event.
Event Code 7000pdcx An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pdcx, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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