A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Naberera in Tanzania. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/08/19 / 2019-08-20 06:54:59 / August 20, 2019 @ 6:54 am. Event id: us600057pe. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us600057pe. 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). The temblor was detected at 09:54:59 / 9:54 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 36.7981 East, latitude -4.169 South, depth = 10 km.
The epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Arusha (c. 341 100 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Merelani (c. 50 000 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Kingori (c. 22 800 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Usa River (c. 18 700 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Mbuguni (c. 16 400 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Lembeni (c. 16 000 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Nkoaranga (c. 14 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kingori, Lembeni, Nkoaranga. Close 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.
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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: 15 km WNW of Naberera, Tanzania.
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