A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Caconda in Angola. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude 14.232° East, latitude -13.7175° South, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 05/06/24 / 2024-06-05 08:42:24 / June 5, 2024 @ 8:42 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us7000mqfy. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000mqfy. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 08:42:24 / 8:42 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 49 km (31 miles) from Caluquembe (c. 30 300 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Caconda (c. 10 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Angola (c. 13 068 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Caconda, Caluquembe.
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 89 km W of Caconda, Angola. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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