A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Uvira in Democratic Republic on Wednesday. Exact location, longitude 28.3433° East, latitude -3.5148° South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us10003v8c. Ids that are associated to the event: us10003v8c. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/11/15 / 2015-11-04 02:01:32 / November 4, 2015 @ 2:01 am. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:01:32 / 4:01 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 89 km (55 miles) from Uvira (c. 170 400 pop). Close country/countries, Democratic Republic of the Congo (c. 70 916 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Uvira.
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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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