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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Ntungamo in Uganda

Posted by admin on May 4, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -0.6412S, 29.6247WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Ntungamo in Uganda on Sunday. The temblor was reported at 18:11:37 / 6:11 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 04/05/25 / 2025-05-04 18:11:37 / May 4, 2025 @ 6:11 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us7000px4g. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000px4g. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 29.6247 East, latitude -0.6412 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.

The epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Butembo (c. 154 600 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Musanze (c. 86 700 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Kabale (c. 43 500 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Nyachera (c. 30 500 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Ntungamo (c. 16 900 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Ntungamo (c. 15 300 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Kanungu (c. 14 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Musanze, Butembo, Nyachera (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Democratic Republic of the Congo (c. 70 916 000 pop), Rwanda (c. 11 056 000 pop), Uganda (c. 33 399 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 26 km N of Ntungamo, Uganda.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 29.6247° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -0.6412° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 26 km N of Ntungamo, Uganda Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-05-04 18:11:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-04 18:32:39 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 2 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 43 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 7.642 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.72 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 60 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 us7000px4g Id of event.
Event Code 7000px4g An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000px4g, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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