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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Ntungamo in Uganda

Posted by admin on December 14, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -0.8176S, 29.2153WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Ntungamo in Uganda. Exact location of earthquake, 29.2153° East, -0.8176° South, depth 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nygg. Unique identifier: us7000nygg. The temblor was reported at 10:59:26 / 10:59 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/11/24 / 2024-11-30 10:59:26 / November 30, 2024 @ 10:59 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Musanze, Sake, Rukungiri (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 89 km (55 miles) from Musanze (c. 86 700 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Sake (c. 17 200 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Ntungamo (c. 16 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Kanungu (c. 14 600 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Rukungiri (c. 14 000 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Kisoro (c. 12 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Democratic Republic of the Congo (c. 70 916 000 pop), Rwanda (c. 11 056 000 pop), Uganda (c. 33 399 000 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 has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 48 km W of Ntungamo, Uganda. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 29.2153° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -0.8176° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 48 km W of Ntungamo, Uganda Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-30 10:59:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-14 14:00:29 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 20 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.538 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.9 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 71 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 us7000nygg Id of event.
Event Code 7000nygg An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nygg, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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