A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Massawa in Eritrea on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/04/24 / 2024-04-28 00:37:18 / April 28, 2024 @ 12:37 am. The temblor was reported at 00:37:18 / 12:37 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 39.7163° East, 15.7596° North, depth 10 km. Unique identifier: us6000muif. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000muif.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Asmara, Massawa (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 96 km (60 miles) from Asmara (c. 563 900 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Massawa (c. 23 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Eritrea (c. 5 793 000 pop).
There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 30 km ENE of Massawa, Eritrea.
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