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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near N’dalatando in Angola


Earthquake location -9.7347S, 15.5113WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 81 kilometers (50 miles) from N’dalatando in Angola. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/04/24 / 2024-04-26 17:22:44 / April 26, 2024 @ 5:22 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us6000mw2b. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000mw2b. The temblor was picked up at 17:22:44 / 5:22 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 15.5113° East, -9.7347° South, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Angola (c. 13 068 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was N’dalatando. Epicenter of the event was 82 km (51 miles) from N’dalatando (c. 383 100 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 81 km SE of N’dalatando, Angola.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 15.5113° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -9.7347° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 81 km SE of N’dalatando, Angola Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-04-26 17:22:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-22 16:16:08 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 271 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 25 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 9.623 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.45 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 128 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 us6000mw2b Id of event.
Event Code 6000mw2b An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mw2b, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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