A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Bukama in Democratic Republic . Exact location of event, longitude 25.9228 East, latitude -9.2513 South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/02/18 / 2018-02-03 02:32:25 / February 3, 2018 @ 2:32 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 04:32:25 / 4:32 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us2000d220. Event ids that are associated: us2000d220.
Country/countries that might be effected, Democratic Republic of the Congo (c. 70 916 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 10 km (6 miles) from Bukama (c. 38 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bukama.
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. 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 occurred nearby.
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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. 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: 9 km SE of Bukama, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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