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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Massawa in Eritrea


Earthquake location 15.8765S, 39.9733WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Massawa in Eritrea. Exact location of earthquake, 39.9733° East, 15.8765° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 02:52:54 / 2:52 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/12/24 / 2024-12-23 02:52:54 / December 23, 2024 @ 2:52 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us7000p0ty. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000p0ty.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Eritrea (c. 5 793 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Massawa (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 61 km (38 miles) from Massawa (c. 23 100 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 61 km ENE of Massawa, Eritrea.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 39.9733° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.8765° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 61 km ENE of Massawa, Eritrea Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-23 02:52:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-23 03:22:13 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 29 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.457 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.59 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 116 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 us7000p0ty Id of event.
Event Code 7000p0ty An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000p0ty, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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