A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Massawa in Eritrea on Sunday. Unique identifier: us6000mwqt. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000mwqt. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 28/04/24 / 2024-04-28 00:42:02 / April 28, 2024 @ 12:42 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 39.7125 East, latitude 15.8351 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 00:42:02 / 12:42 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 36 km (22 miles) from Massawa (c. 23 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Eritrea (c. 5 793 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Massawa (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 35 km NE of Massawa, Eritrea.
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