Moderate earthquake: M5.1 quake has struck near Rumonge in Burundi

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Earthquake location -3.8044S, 29.2362W A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Rumonge in Burundi on Monday. The temblor was picked up at 13:38:20 / 1:38 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/07/25 / 2025-07-28 13:38:20 / July 28, 2025 @ 1:38 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 29.2362 East, latitude -3.8044 South, depth = 10 km. Event id: us6000qvm7. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qvm7.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cibitoke, Gitega, Rutana (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 49 km (30 miles) from Bujumbura (c. 331 700 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Uvira (c. 170 400 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Gitega (c. 23 200 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Rutana (c. 20 900 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Bururi (c. 19 700 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Makamba (c. 19 600 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Muramvya (c. 18 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Burundi (c. 9 863 000 pop), Democratic Republic of the Congo (c. 70 916 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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