A 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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