A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Kilindoni in Tanzania. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 39.6467° East, -7.56° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70008wvv. Id of event: us70008wvv. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 22:37:07 / 10:37 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 08/04/20 / 2020-04-08 19:37:07 / April 8, 2020 @ 7:37 pm UTC/GMT.
The epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Dar es Salaam (c. 2 698 700 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Kibiti (c. 30 200 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Mkuranga (c. 28 000 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Bungu (c. 27 900 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Vikindu (c. 23 300 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Ikwiriri (c. 13 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Tanzania (c. 41 893 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Dar es Salaam, Ikwiriri, Kibiti.
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. 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.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 39 km N of Kilindoni, Tanzania.
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