A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Kariba in Zimbabwe. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 07:20:33 / 7:20 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 28.8636° East, -16.7023° South, depth 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/12/24 / 2024-12-08 07:20:33 / December 8, 2024 @ 7:20 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us7000nx0j. Event ids that are associated: us7000nx0j.
Event epicenter was 22 km (13 miles) from Kariba (c. 25 500 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Karoi (c. 25 000 pop), 25 km (15 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 that might be effected, Zambia (c. 13 460 000 pop), Zimbabwe (c. 11 652 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 21 km SSE of Kariba, Zimbabwe.
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