A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Mungwi in Zambia on Thursday. Event id: us70008x77. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70008x77. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 31.5184° East, -10.3907° South. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 01:23:55 / 1:23 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 15/04/20 / 2020-04-15 23:23:55 / April 15, 2020 @ 11:23 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Kasama (c. 91 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Chinsali (c. 14 000 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Mungwi (c. 6 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Zambia (c. 13 460 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Chinsali, Kasama, Mungwi (min 5000 pop).
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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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