A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Basotu in Tanzania on Wednesday. The temblor was detected at 22:12:57 / 10:12 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/07/25 / 2025-07-09 22:12:57 / July 9, 2025 @ 10:12 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qbp5. Id of event: us7000qbp5. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 35.1475 East, latitude -4.4733 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Tanzania (c. 41 893 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 59 km (37 miles) from Singida (c. 62 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Babati (c. 34 300 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Mtinko (c. 26 700 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Magugu (c. 26 100 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Sepuka (c. 25 700 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Kiomboi (c. 23 500 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Kondoa (c. 23 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kiomboi, Ndago, Magugu (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate 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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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 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: 13 km SSE of Basotu, Tanzania.
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