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Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Likasi in Democratic Republic

Posted by admin on May 21, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -11.5535S, 26.682WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Likasi in Democratic Republic on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000q0dm. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000q0dm. The temblor was reported at 06:34:52 / 6:34 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 04/05/25 / 2025-05-04 06:34:52 / May 4, 2025 @ 6:34 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 26.682 East, latitude -11.5535 South, depth = 10 km.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 88 km (54 miles) from Lubumbashi (c. 1 373 800 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Likasi (c. 422 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Kipushi (c. 62 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Kansanshi (c. 40 700 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Kambove (c. 36 700 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Solwezi (c. 4 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Democratic Republic of the Congo (c. 70 916 000 pop), Zambia (c. 13 460 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lubumbashi, Kambove, Solwezi (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every 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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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. 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: 63 km S of Likasi, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 26.682° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -11.5535° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 63 km S of Likasi, Democratic Republic of the Congo 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 06:34:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-21 11:08:16 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 19 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.981 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.04 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 123 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 us7000q0dm Id of event.
Event Code 7000q0dm An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000q0dm, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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