M 4.7 earthquake – Kenya
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Local time: Feb 8, 2023 · 18:32 (UTC+3)
LightShallow · 10 km
Reviewed by a seismologist
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- Magnitude
- 4.7body-wave magnitude (mb)
- Depth
- 10 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- -4.914, 39.39137 km from Tanga
- Energy released
- 169 tons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- 3"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- 4.3max. reported (CDI)
- Aftershocks
- 0M2.5+ within 30 km
- Significance
- 341USGS score, 0–1,000+
The strongest here since 2020
The last earthquake at least as strong within 300 km struck on Aug 13, 2020.
How strong was it?
Light earthquake. It released 169 tons of TNT, 2.8 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 Tanzania.
- 6.0 66 km NNE of Kilindoni, Tanzania Aug 12, 2020
- 6.0 90 km SSE of Lamu, Kenya Jul 21, 1938
- 5.5 29 km ENE of Mombasa, Kenya Mar 13, 1990
- 5.3 10 km SW of Mwembe, Tanzania May 9, 1983
- 5.2 39 km SW of Maneromango, Tanzania Jan 4, 1977
- 5.2 37 km W of Wundanyi, Kenya Oct 14, 1967
- 5.1 64 km NNE of Kilindoni, Tanzania Aug 13, 2020
- 5.0 13 km SW of Gamba, Tanzania Jan 15, 2005