Earthquake details

Thursday, February 4, 2016 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Democratic Republic of the Congo on Thursday, February 4, 2016 at 12:43 UTC with a magnitude of 5.1. The closest known location in the current dataset is Goma (Democratic Republic of the Congo - CD), about 90.9 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 28.418 and latitude -1.570.

Magnitude 5.1
Alert Strong
Depth 10.0 km
Coordinates -1.570, 28.418
UTC time 2016-02-04 12:43:59.710
Location Goma
Country Democratic Republic of the Congo (CD)
Severity Strong

Earthquake map 2016-02-04

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