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24 February 2017

EARTHQUAKE: Magnitude 5.8 LAKE TANGANYIKA REGION 24/02/2017 00:32 (UTC)

EMSC earthquake notification

Magnitude 5.8 24/02/2017 00:32 LAKE TANGANYIKA REGION

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A magnitude 5.8 earthquake has occurred LAKE TANGANYIKA REGION at:
8.37S 30.01E Depth 10km 24/02/2017 at 00:32:14 (Universal Time)

Earthquake location with respect to nearby cities:
459 km NE Lubumbashi (pop 1373770, local time 02:32:14.4 2017-02-24)
288 km S Kalemie (pop 146974, local time 02:32:14.4 2017-02-24)
124 km SW Kirando (pop 33111, local time 02:32:14.4 2017-02-24)
39 km E Kaputa (pop 2683, local time 02:32:14.4 2017-02-24)

Comments :

Manual location disseminated on 24/02/2017 00:47 (UTC)
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Links to regional seismological observatories:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/
http://geofon.gfz-potsdam.de/eqinfo/list.php

This location has been computed thanks to the data provided by the
following seismological institutes:
BUC GFZ KAN SC3
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Detection et de Geophysique, Bruyeres-le-Chatel, France) and the
IGN (Instituto Geografico Nacional, Madrid, Spain).


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