A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Galappo in Tanzania. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:56:17 / 1:56 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/03/16 / 2016-03-22 10:56:17 / March 22, 2016 @ 10:56 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us20005bph. Unique identifier: us20005bph. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 35.9758° East, -4.466° South, depth 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Basotu, Mbulu, Dongobesh (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 37 km (23 miles) from Babati (c. 34 300 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Magugu (c. 26 100 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Kondoa (c. 23 500 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Basotu (c. 20 900 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Dareda (c. 19 900 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Bashanet (c. 19 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Dongobesh (c. 18 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Tanzania (c. 41 893 000 pop).
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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each 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.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 26 km SSE of Galappo, Tanzania. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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