A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Massawa in Eritrea. Id of earthquake: us1000g7zy. Event ids that are associated: us1000g7zy. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:54:30 / 4:54 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/08/18 / 2018-08-13 13:54:30 / August 13, 2018 @ 1:54 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 39.8247° East, 15.9019° North, depth 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Massawa (c. 23 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Massawa. Nearby country/countries, Eritrea (c. 5 793 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 one and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 51 km NE of Massawa, Eritrea.
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