Preliminary Earthquake Report

Magnitude 5.0 LAKE EDWARD REGION, UGANDA
Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 00:39:43 UTC

Magnitude 5.0
Date-Time Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 00:39:43 (UTC) - Coordinated Universal Time
Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 03:39:43 AM local time at epicenter

Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 0.48N 30.10E
Depth 16 kilometers
Region LAKE EDWARD REGION, UGANDA
Distances 120 km (75 miles) S of Bunia, Dem. Republic of the Congo
135 km (85 miles) NNW of Mbarara, Uganda
775 km (480 miles) WNW of NAIROBI, Kenya
1725 km (1070 miles) ENE of KINSHASA, Dem. Republic of the Congo
Location Uncertainty Error estimate: horizontal +/- 17.1 km; depth +/- 6.1 km
Parameters Nst=65, Nph=65, Dmin=138.9 km, Rmss=0.76 sec, Erho=17.1 km, Erzz=6.1 km, Gp=37.0 degrees
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID usmxab

Earthquake Location

Historic Seismicity