A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Massawa in Eritrea. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 29/06/18 / 2018-06-29 14:45:28 / June 29, 2018 @ 2:45 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:45:28 / 5:45 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000fxjv. Id of event: us2000fxjv. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 39.8282° East, 15.4068° North.
Close country/countries, Eritrea (c. 5 793 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Dek’emhāre, Adi Keyh, Massawa. Epicenter of the earthquake was 44 km (27 miles) from Massawa (c. 23 100 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Adi Keyh (c. 13 100 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Dek’emhāre (c. 11 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 46 km ESE of Massawa, Eritrea. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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