A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Mpulungu in Zambia. Global time and date of event 17/01/20 / 2020-01-17 07:12:44 / January 17, 2020 @ 7:12 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude 30.4483° East, latitude -8.731° South, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us60007j85. Ids that are associated to the event: us60007j85. The temblor was reported at 09:12:44 / 9:12 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 73 km (46 miles) from Mpulungu (c. 8 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Zambia (c. 13 460 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mpulungu.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 quakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 72 km W of Mpulungu, Zambia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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