A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Mpanda in Tanzania on Saturday. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 31.0329° East, -6.5347° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000hxyn. Unique identifier: us1000hxyn. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 24/11/18 / 2018-11-24 20:05:17 / November 24, 2018 @ 8:05 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:05:17 / 11:05 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Karema, Usevia, Mpanda. Epicenter of the earthquake was 22 km (13 miles) from Mpanda (c. 73 300 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Usevia (c. 17 700 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Karema (c. 12 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tanzania (c. 41 893 000 pop).
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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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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. 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: 18 km S of Mpanda, Tanzania.
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