A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Kariba in Zimbabwe. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/12/24 / 2024-12-23 03:39:05 / December 23, 2024 @ 3:39 am. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:39:05 / 3:39 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 28.8804° East, -16.654° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us7000p0u1. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000p0u1.
The epicenter was 18 km (11 miles) from Kariba (c. 25 500 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Karoi (c. 25 000 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Siavonga (c. 18 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Karoi, Siavonga, Kariba. Close country/countries, Zambia (c. 13 460 000 pop), Zimbabwe (c. 11 652 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 17 km SSE of Kariba, Zimbabwe.
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