Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Basotu in Tanzania

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Basotu in Tanzania on Tuesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/08/24 / 2024-08-27 21:48:22 / August 27, 2024 @ 9:48 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 21:48:22 / 9:48 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000nn4g. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nn4g. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 35.1136° East, -4.2815° South. The earthquake occurred 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).

Nearby country/countries, Tanzania (c. 41 893 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Singida (c. 62 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Babati (c. 34 300 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Mtinko (c. 26 700 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Magugu (c. 26 100 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Sepuka (c. 25 700 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Kiomboi (c. 23 500 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Igugunu (c. 22 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ndago, Puma, Kiomboi.

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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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 10 km NNE of Basotu, Tanzania.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	35.1136° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-4.2815° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	10 km NNE of Basotu, Tanzania	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-08-27 21:48:22	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-09-25 23:48:43	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	312	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	24	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	3.792	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.58 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	140	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	us6000nn4g	Id of event.
Event Code	6000nn4g	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000nn4g,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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