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Moderate earthquake: M5 quake has struck near Kilindoni in Tanzania

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A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Kilindoni in Tanzania. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/08/20 / 2020-08-13 14:54:54 / August 13, 2020 @ 2:54 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). 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: us6000be26. Id of event: us6000be26. Exact location, longitude 39.8924° East, latitude -7.3912° South, depth = 10 km. The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:54:54 / 2:54 pm (local time epicenter).

Country/countries that might be effected, Tanzania (c. 41 893 000 pop). The epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Dar es Salaam (c. 2 698 700 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Mkuranga (c. 28 000 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Bungu (c. 27 900 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Vikindu (c. 23 300 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Magomeni (c. 19 100 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Kilindoni (c. 12 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Magomeni, Bungu, Dar es Salaam (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 63 km NNE of Kilindoni, Tanzania. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	39.8924° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-7.3912° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	63 km NNE of Kilindoni, Tanzania	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-08-13 14:54:54	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-08-13 15:17:34	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		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	385	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	11.655	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.16 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	119	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mww	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us6000be26	Id of event.
Event Code	6000be26	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000be26,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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