Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Mangochi in Malawi

A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Mangochi in Malawi. The temblor was picked up at 10:23:27 / 10:23 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/01/25 / 2025-01-30 10:23:27 / January 30, 2025 @ 10:23 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 41.961 km (26 miles). Event id: us7000pa0q. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pa0q. Exact location of event, longitude 34.9375 East, latitude -14.4753 South, depth = 41.961 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

The epicenter was 35 km (22 miles) from Mangochi (c. 40 200 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Salima (c. 30 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Liwonde (c. 22 500 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Balaka (c. 18 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Dedza (c. 15 600 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Monkey Bay (c. 11 600 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Ntcheu (c. 10 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Salima, Liwonde, Dedza. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Malawi (c. 15 448 000 pop).

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 was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 35 km W of Mangochi, Malawi.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	34.9375° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-14.4753° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	41.961 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	35 km W of Mangochi, Malawi	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-01-30 10:23:27	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-02-17 09:39:35	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	36	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	6.574	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.88 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	49	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	us7000pa0q	Id of event.
Event Code	7000pa0q	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000pa0q,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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