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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag was detected near Mungaa in Tanzania

Posted by admin on August 8, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -5.0349S, 35.1128WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Mungaa in Tanzania. Event id: us6000qz20. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qz20. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 35.1128 East, latitude -5.0349 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. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/08/25 / 2025-08-08 07:38:24 / August 8, 2025 @ 7:38 am. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:38:24 / 7:38 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries, Tanzania (c. 41 893 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) from Singida (c. 62 400 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Mtinko (c. 26 700 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Sepuka (c. 25 700 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Kondoa (c. 23 500 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Igugunu (c. 22 800 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Basotu (c. 20 900 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Ikungi (c. 19 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ndago, Bashanet, Kintinku (min 5000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 26 km ESE of Mungaa, Tanzania.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 35.1128° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -5.0349° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 26 km ESE of Mungaa, Tanzania Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-08-08 07:38:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-08 07:58:12 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 354 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 35 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.952 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.95 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 56 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 us6000qz20 Id of event.
Event Code 6000qz20 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qz20, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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