A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Kabalo in Democratic Republic . The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 27.0756° East, latitude -5.8363° South, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us6000n0px. Event ids that are associated: us6000n0px. The temblor was picked up at 14:54:26 / 2:54 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/05/24 / 2024-05-24 14:54:26 / May 24, 2024 @ 2:54 pm.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Democratic Republic of the Congo (c. 70 916 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kongolo, Kabalo. Epicenter of the event was 51 km (32 miles) from Kongolo (c. 31 900 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Kabalo (c. 29 800 pop).
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 have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 29 km NE of Kabalo, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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