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Light mag. 3.5 earthquake - 19 km east of Binga, Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe, on Monday, Aug 23, 2021 at 12:04 am (GMT +2)

Light magnitude 3.5 earthquake at 10 km depth

22 Aug 22:14 UTC: First to report: CGS after 9 minutes.
22 Aug 23:56: Magnitude recalculated from 3.4 to 3.5.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Aug 22, 2021 22:04:57 UTC
Local time at epicenter	Monday, Aug 23, 2021 at 12:04 am (GMT +2)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	3.5
Depth	10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	17.569°S / 27.513°E (Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe)
Antipode	17.569°N / 152.487°W
Shaking intensity	Weak shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	CGS (Council for Geoscience, South African National Seismograph Network)
Nearest volcano	###NEARESTVOLCANO2###
Nearby towns and cities	19 km (12 mi) ENE of Binga (pop: 4,330) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 35 km (22 mi) S of Sinasongwe (Southern, Zambia) (pop: 11,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 45 km (28 mi) ESE of Maamba (Southern, Zambia) (pop: 12,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 96 km (60 mi) NNE of Kamitivi (pop: 1,580) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 101 km (63 mi) SE of Choma (Southern, Zambia) (pop: 46,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 139 km (86 mi) NE of Hwange (pop: 33,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 155 km (96 mi) NNW of Lupane (pop: 1,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 180 km (112 mi) SW of Kariba (Mashonaland West) (pop: 25,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 183 km (114 mi) ENE of Victoria Falls (pop: 35,800) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 376 km (234 mi) W of Harare (pop: 1,542,800) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Clear Sky 22.9°C (73 F), humidity: 54%, wind: 2 m/s (4 kts) from E
Estimated seismic energy released	1.1 x 10¹⁰ joules (3.12 megawatt hours, equivalent to 2.68 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
3.5	10 km	Zimbabwe: South Africa Region	CGS

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Seismograms

Seismic station: Sowa (SOOWA/BX network) | Distance from quake: 360 km / 223 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Sowa: 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: 0.5-10.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

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