Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Nsanje in Malawi

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Nsanje in Malawi. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 35.4394° East, -16.9638° South. Event id: us70006xqw. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006xqw. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 00:07:04 / 12:07 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 26/12/19 / 2019-12-26 22:07:04 / December 26, 2019 @ 10:07 pm UTC/GMT.

The epicenter was 19 km (12 miles) from Nsanje (c. 21 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nsanje (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Malawi (c. 15 448 000 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 19 km ESE of Nsanje, Malawi.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	35.4394° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-16.9638° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	19km ESE of Nsanje, Malawi	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2019-12-26 22:07:04	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-01-11 04:01:56	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	120	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	271	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	7.167	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.8 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	101	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us70006xqw	Id of event.
Event Code	70006xqw	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us70006xqw,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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