M 4.5 earthquake – 14 km E of Gisenyi, Rwanda
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Local time: May 27, 2021 · 11:33 (UTC+2)
LightShallow · 10 km
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- Magnitude
- 4.5body-wave magnitude (mb)
- Depth
- 10 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- -1.715, 29.38214 km from Kora
- Energy released
- 85 tons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- 2"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- 3.8max. reported (CDI)
- Aftershocks
- 0M2.5+ within 30 km
- Significance
- 312USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on May 26, 2021.
How strong was it?
Light earthquake. It released 85 tons of TNT, 5.6 times less than a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around Rwanda.
- 6.6 22 km N of Margherita, Uganda Mar 20, 1966
- 6.5 19 km SW of Uvira, Democratic Republic of the Congo Sep 22, 1960
- 6.4 53 km N of Rukungiri, Uganda Jun 30, 1952
- 6.3 16 km N of Uvira, Democratic Republic of the Congo Sep 22, 1960
- 6.3 24 km SW of Sembabule, Uganda Mar 18, 1945
- 6.2 34 km SW of Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo Oct 24, 2002
- 6.2 13 km SSW of Bundibugyo, Uganda Feb 5, 1994
- 6.2 27 km SE of Makamba, Burundi Jan 31, 1952
In the week before
Earthquakes within 30 km in the 7 days before this one: possible foreshocks.
- 4.3 7 km SW of Gisenyi, Rwanda May 22, 2021
- 4.5 18 km SE of Gisenyi, Rwanda May 23, 2021
- 4.3 24 km SE of Gisenyi, Rwanda May 23, 2021
- 4.5 2 km NNE of Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo May 23, 2021
- 4.3 17 km ENE of Gisenyi, Rwanda May 23, 2021
- 4.7 9 km N of Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo May 24, 2021
- 4.5 15 km ESE of Gisenyi, Rwanda May 25, 2021
- 4.7 19 km WSW of Musanze, Rwanda May 25, 2021
- 4.4 9 km SE of Gisenyi, Rwanda May 25, 2021
- 4.3 16 km ESE of Gisenyi, Rwanda May 25, 2021
- 4.4 5 km S of Gisenyi, Rwanda May 25, 2021
- 4.3 18 km ENE of Gisenyi, Rwanda May 25, 2021
- 4.7 16 km E of Gisenyi, Rwanda May 26, 2021
- 4.2 28 km ESE of Gisenyi, Rwanda May 26, 2021
- 4.4 1 km SSW of Gisenyi, Rwanda May 26, 2021
- 4.4 8 km NE of Gisenyi, Rwanda May 26, 2021
- 4.5 9 km SE of Gisenyi, Rwanda May 26, 2021
- 4.5 4 km S of Gisenyi, Rwanda May 26, 2021
- 4.5 11 km SE of Gisenyi, Rwanda May 26, 2021
- 4.5 17 km SSE of Gisenyi, Rwanda May 26, 2021
- 4.3 17 km ENE of Gisenyi, Rwanda May 27, 2021