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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag has occurred near Kigoma in Tanzania


Earthquake location -4.8683S, 29.4774WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Kigoma in Tanzania on Thursday. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000mvnr. Unique identifier: us6000mvnr. The temblor was reported at 08:27:09 / 8:27 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 29.4774 East, latitude -4.8683 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 02/05/24 / 2024-05-02 08:27:09 / May 2, 2024 @ 8:27 am UTC/GMT.

Close country/countries, Burundi (c. 9 863 000 pop), Tanzania (c. 41 893 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 17 km (10 miles) from Kigoma (c. 164 300 pop), 76 km (48 miles) from Kasulu (c. 37 300 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Makamba (c. 19 600 pop), 20 km (13 miles) from Mwandiga (c. 16 800 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Rumonge (c. 6 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rumonge, Makamba, Kasulu.

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 was reported nearby.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 16 km W of Kigoma, Tanzania. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 29.4774° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -4.8683° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 16 km W of Kigoma, Tanzania Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-02 08:27:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-16 06:10:07 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 7 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.5 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 357 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 67 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 16.268 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.64 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 61 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 us6000mvnr Id of event.
Event Code 6000mvnr An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mvnr, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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