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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag was detected near Mbamba Bay in Tanzania

Posted by admin on November 24, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -11.2678S, 34.751WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Mbamba Bay in Tanzania. The temblor was detected at 07:58:36 / 7:58 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us6000p7ec. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000p7ec. Global time and date of event 24/11/24 / 2024-11-24 07:58:36 / November 24, 2024 @ 7:58 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 34.751° East, -11.2678° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 83 km (51 miles) from Mzuzu (c. 175 300 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Mbinga (c. 25 200 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Kigonsera (c. 22 200 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Rumphi (c. 20 700 pop), 104 km (65 miles) from Maposeni (c. 19 500 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Matiri (c. 18 800 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Tingi (c. 16 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Maposeni, Livingstonia, Rumphi (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Malawi (c. 15 448 000 pop), Tanzania (c. 41 893 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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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: 2 km NW of Mbamba Bay, Tanzania. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 34.751° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -11.2678° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 2 km NW of Mbamba Bay, Tanzania Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-24 07:58:36 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-24 08:15:31 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 385 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 44 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 7.529 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.79 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 49 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 us6000p7ec Id of event.
Event Code 6000p7ec An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000p7ec, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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