A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Msanga in Tanzania. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/10/17 / 2017-10-30 12:14:33 / October 30, 2017 @ 12:14 pm. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:14:33 / 3:14 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event id: us1000ayre. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000ayre. Exact location, longitude 35.9178° East, latitude -5.5126° South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kongwa, Kintinku, Dodoma. The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Dodoma (c. 180 500 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Kondoa (c. 23 500 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Kongwa (c. 11 800 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Kisasa (c. 10 000 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Kintinku (c. 7 900 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Msanga (c. 5 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Kibaya (c. 5 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Tanzania (c. 41 893 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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. 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. 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: 60 km NNW of Msanga, Tanzania.
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