A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Massawa in Eritrea. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:43:07 / 12:43 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude 39.6764° East, latitude 15.7251° North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/04/24 / 2024-04-28 00:43:07 / April 28, 2024 @ 12:43 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000mwqg. Unique identifier: us6000mwqg.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 91 km (56 miles) from Asmara (c. 563 900 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Massawa (c. 23 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Asmara, Massawa. Close country/countries that might be effected, Eritrea (c. 5 793 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. 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: 25 km ENE of Massawa, Eritrea.
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