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Light earthquake 4.5 mag, 39 km SW of Kilembe, Uganda

Posted by admin on November 25, 2015 1 Comment

Earthquake location -0.0774S, 29.7817WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Kilembe in Uganda. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us100041ch. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100041ch. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/11/15 / 2015-11-25 09:38:13 / November 25, 2015 @ 9:38 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 29.7817 East, latitude -0.0774 South, depth = 10 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:38:13 / 12:38 pm (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Butembo (c. 154 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Beni (c. 89 600 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Kasese (c. 67 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Kamwenge (c. 17 200 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Bundibugyo (c. 16 900 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Ntungamo (c. 16 900 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Rukungiri (c. 14 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Democratic Republic of the Congo (c. 70 916 000 pop), Uganda (c. 33 399 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bundibugyo, Ntungamo, Rukungiri.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 39 km SW of Kilembe, Uganda. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 29.7817° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -0.0774° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 39km SW of Kilembe, Uganda Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-11-25 09:38:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-11-25 22:18:58 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 180 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 3 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 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 313 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.089 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.89 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 85 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 us100041ch Id of event.
Event Code 100041ch An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us100041ch, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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    what, Uganda.!?! How is that possible

    November 25, 2015
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