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Moderate mag. 4.6 earthquake - 137 km north of Alula, Bari, Somalia, on Thursday, August 15, 2019 at 06:24 GMT

Moderate magnitude 4.6 earthquake at 10 km depth

15 Aug 06:56 UTC: First to report: EMSC after 32 minutes.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Aug 15, 2019 06:24:31 UTC
Local time at epicenter
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4.6
Depth	10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	13.11°N / 50.3°E (Gulf of Aden, Somalia)
Antipode	13.11°S / 129.7°W
Shaking intensity	Moderate shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)
Nearest volcano	Harra of Bal Haf (237 km / 147 mi)
Nearby towns and cities	137 km (85 mi) NNW of Alula (Calawla) (pop: 6,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 161 km (100 mi) NNW of Bereeda (Calawla) (pop: 11,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 188 km (117 mi) NNE of Qandala (pop: 15,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 204 km (127 mi) SE of Mukalla (Yemen) (pop: 258,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 220 km (137 mi) NNW of Bargaal (Iskushuban) (pop: 6,800) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 237 km (147 mi) NNE of Bosaso (pop: 74,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 314 km (195 mi) N of Iskushuban (pop: 5,760) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 315 km (196 mi) NE of Las Khorey (Badhan) (pop: 6,940) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 407 km (253 mi) ESE of Ataq (Yemen) (pop: 37,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 423 km (263 mi) NE of Erigavo (pop: 33,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake
Estimated seismic energy released	5 x 10¹¹ joules (139 megawatt hours, equivalent to 120 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
4.6	10 km	Gulf Of Aden (Somalia)	EMSC
4.6	10 km	159km NNW of Bereeda, Somalia	USGS

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Seismograms

Seismic station: Arta Cave - Arta, Republic of Djibouti (ATD/G network) | Distance from quake: 828 km / 515 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Arta Cave - Arta, Republic of Djibouti: vertical movement plot around time of quake (source: IRIS/BUD)

Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Bandpass filter applied: 0.2-5.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

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