A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Kolwezi in Democratic Republic . The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:43:11 / 6:43 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 25.1617 East, latitude -10.9378 South, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000q01z. Unique identifier: us7000q01z. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/05/25 / 2025-05-18 18:43:11 / May 18, 2025 @ 6:43 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 42 km (26 miles) from Kolwezi (c. 418 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Democratic Republic of the Congo (c. 70 916 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kolwezi (min 5000 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 41 km SW of Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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