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UPDATE: Origin Of Earthquake Traced To Wundanyi

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A light tremor that lasted about 15 seconds was this evening reported in Nairobi, Kiambu, Machakos, Mombasa and Nyeri counties at 7:23 p.m. A similar quake was reported in Spain just a few minutes before. https://twitter.com/LastQuake/status/1109854405501898752?s=19 A 2.6 magnitude quake was also reported in Turkey

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A light tremor that lasted about 15 seconds was this evening reported in Nairobi, Kiambu, Machakos, Mombasa and Nyeri counties at 7:23 p.m. A similar quake was reported in Spain just a few minutes before. https://twitter.com/LastQuake/status/1109854405501898752?s=19 A 2.6 magnitude quake was also reported in Turkey

Mar 24

UPDATE: Origin Of Earthquake Traced To Wundanyi

A light tremor that lasted about 15 seconds was this evening reported in Nairobi, Kiambu, Machakos, Mombasa and Nyeri counties at 7:23 p.m....

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A light tremor that lasted about 15 seconds was this evening reported in Nairobi, Kiambu, Machakos, Mombasa and Nyeri counties at 7:23 p.m.

A similar quake was reported in Spain just a few minutes before.

https://twitter.com/LastQuake/status/1109854405501898752?s=19

A 2.6 magnitude quake was also reported in Turkey at 7:15 p.m Kenyan time.

https://twitter.com/myearthquakeapp/status/1109861037812125707?s=19

Just this morning, reports of 6.3 magnitude earthquake in Indonesia had flooded the interwebs.

https://twitter.com/CGTNOfficial/status/1109680751543382017?s=19 UPDATE According to the United States Geological Survey, the tremor felt in Nairobi and it's environs had its epicenter near Wundanyi.

The 4.8 magnitude quake that was reported at 4:21 (UCT), about 7:21 p.m local time.

https://twitter.com/FQanini/status/1109861703888588800?s=19 According to the latest updates, it was felt all the way from Mombasa, Arusha, Athi River, Nairobi, and Central Kenya.

More details to follow...