A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Basotu in Tanzania. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000q1ce. Unique identifier: us7000q1ce. Exact location of event, longitude 35.1133 East, latitude -4.4299 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:35:32 / 3:35 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/05/25 / 2025-05-25 03:35:32 / May 25, 2025 @ 3:35 am.
Earthquake epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Singida (c. 62 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Babati (c. 34 300 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Mtinko (c. 26 700 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Magugu (c. 26 100 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Sepuka (c. 25 700 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Kiomboi (c. 23 500 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Kondoa (c. 23 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Tanzania (c. 41 893 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kondoa, Ikungi, Ndago (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 7 km SSE of Basotu, Tanzania. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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