A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Ngorongoro in Tanzania. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 14.39 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000g5sz. Id of event: us1000g5sz. Exact location of event, longitude 35.5791 East, latitude -2.9203 South, depth = 14.39 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/08/18 / 2018-08-05 10:58:27 / August 5, 2018 @ 10:58 am. The temblor was detected at 13:58:27 / 1:58 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mto wa Mbu, Kiratu, Ngorongoro (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 47 km (29 miles) from Kiratu (c. 19 800 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Mto wa Mbu (c. 17 800 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Ngorongoro (c. 10 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Tanzania (c. 41 893 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
Did you feel the quake?
Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 36 km NNE of Ngorongoro, Tanzania. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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