Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Basotu in Tanzania

A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Basotu in Tanzania. Exact location of earthquake, 35.1537° East, -4.3935° South, depth 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/01/25 / 2025-01-17 11:10:28 / January 17, 2025 @ 11:10 am. 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). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pml4. Id of event: us6000pml4. The temblor was picked up at 11:10:28 / 11:10 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tanzania (c. 41 893 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ikungi, Ndago, Kondoa (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 65 km (41 miles) from Singida (c. 62 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Babati (c. 34 300 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Mtinko (c. 26 700 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Magugu (c. 26 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Sepuka (c. 25 700 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Kiomboi (c. 23 500 pop).

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 has struck near. 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.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 8 km ESE of Basotu, Tanzania. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	35.1537° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-4.3935° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	8 km ESE of Basotu, Tanzania	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-01-17 11:10:28	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-02-13 15:41:00	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	271	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	11	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	3.522	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.8 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	145	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	us6000pml4	Id of event.
Event Code	6000pml4	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000pml4,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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