A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Kondoa in Tanzania. Exact location of earthquake, 35.9215° East, -5.4027° South, depth 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us70003yjx. Unique identifier: us70003yjx. Global time and date of event 05/06/19 / 2019-06-05 23:13:49 / June 5, 2019 @ 11:13 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:13:49 / 2:13 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Tanzania (c. 41 893 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kintinku, Dodoma, Kisasa (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Dodoma (c. 180 500 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Kondoa (c. 23 500 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Kisasa (c. 10 000 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Kintinku (c. 7 900 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Msanga (c. 5 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Kibaya (c. 5 000 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 57 km SSE of Kondoa, Tanzania. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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