Moderate earthquake, 5.3 mag was detected near Rubirizi in Uganda

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Rubirizi in Uganda. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 29.7845 East, latitude -0.2437 South, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/07/17 / 2017-07-30 07:02:29 / July 30, 2017 @ 7:02 am. The temblor was reported at 10:02:29 / 10:02 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000a2mp. Unique identifier: us2000a2mp. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mbarara, Bwizibwera, Nyachera (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 70 km (43 miles) from Butembo (c. 154 600 pop), 104 km (65 miles) from Mbarara (c. 97 500 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Beni (c. 89 600 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Bwizibwera (c. 79 200 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Kasese (c. 67 300 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Nyachera (c. 30 500 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Kamwenge (c. 17 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Democratic Republic of the Congo (c. 70 916 000 pop), Uganda (c. 33 399 000 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 have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 39 km W of Rubirizi, Uganda.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	29.7845° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-0.2437° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	39km W of Rubirizi, Uganda	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2017-07-30 07:02:29	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-07-30 07:29:07	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	180	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	12	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	436	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	1.017	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.92 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	33	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	us2000a2mp	Id of event.
Event Code	2000a2mp	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000a2mp,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.3 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

29.7845° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

-0.2437° South

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

10 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

39km W of Rubirizi, Uganda

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2017-07-30 07:02:29

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2017-07-30 07:29:07

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

180

Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.

Felt

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

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

436

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

1.017

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.92 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us2000a2mp

Id of event.

Event Code

2000a2mp

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us2000a2mp,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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