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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Mlowo in Tanzania


Earthquake location -8.7932S, 32.9927WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Mlowo in Tanzania. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:37:09 / 11:37 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/05/24 / 2024-05-31 23:37:09 / May 31, 2024 @ 11:37 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.346 km (5 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000mqrs. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mqrs. Exact location of event, depth 7.346 km, 32.9927° East, -8.7932° South.

Earthquake epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Mbeya (c. 291 600 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Katumba (c. 108 600 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Vwawa (c. 40 100 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Tunduma (c. 36 600 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Tukuyu (c. 28 400 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Igurusi (c. 24 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tanzania (c. 41 893 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Igurusi, Tukuyu, Katumba (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 22 km N of Mlowo, Tanzania. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 32.9927° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -8.7932° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 7.346 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 22 km N of Mlowo, Tanzania Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-31 23:37:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-18 03:49:44 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 298 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 26 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 8.441 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.78 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 87 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 us7000mqrs Id of event.
Event Code 7000mqrs An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mqrs, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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