{"id":40348,"date":"2023-04-28T15:36:18","date_gmt":"2023-04-28T19:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/?p=40348"},"modified":"2023-04-28T16:03:53","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T20:03:53","slug":"earthquake-shakes-kenya-felt-in-nairobi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/earthquake-shakes-kenya-felt-in-nairobi\/","title":{"rendered":"Small earthquake rattles Kenya, felt in Nairobi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A small earthquake has been felt in some parts of Kenya, with light shaking felt in the capital Nairobi, seismologists and residents say. There were no reports of damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The earthquake struck at 10:27 p.m. on Friday and was felt in Nairobi and the surrounding region. The exact magnitude was not immediately known.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hundreds of people took to social media to report feeling the late-night earthquake, which was described as small and there were no reports of damage or injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kenya, and Nairobi especially, do not experience a lot of earthquakes. The biggest earthquake in Kenya&#8217;s history happened in 1928, when a 6.7-magnitude earthquake hit near Nyahururu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Experienced the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/earthquake?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#earthquake<\/a> firsthand\u2026damn!! 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