A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Basotu in Tanzania on Wednesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/07/25 / 2025-07-30 15:03:58 / July 30, 2025 @ 3:03 pm UTC/GMT. 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). Exact location of event, longitude 35.1531 East, latitude -4.3852 South, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us6000r184. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000r184. The temblor was picked up at 15:03:58 / 3:03 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Tanzania (c. 41 893 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ikungi, Ndago, Kondoa. Epicenter of the event was 66 km (41 miles) from Singida (c. 62 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Babati (c. 34 300 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Mtinko (c. 26 700 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Magugu (c. 26 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Sepuka (c. 25 700 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Kiomboi (c. 23 500 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Kondoa (c. 23 500 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 8 km ESE of Basotu, Tanzania. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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