A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Chongdui in China on Monday. Exact location of event, longitude 85.8053 East, latitude 28.1663 North, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/06/15 / 2015-06-28 23:57:17 / June 28, 2015 @ 11:57 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us10002m90. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10002m90. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:42:17 / 5:42 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirtipur, Pātan, Panaoti (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Nepal (c. 28 952 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 70 km (44 miles) from Kathmandu (c. 1 442 300 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Pātan (c. 183 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Kirtipur (c. 44 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Panaoti (c. 27 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Banepa (c. 17 200 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Hari Bdr Tamang House (c. 10 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from kankrabari Dovan (c. 10 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 15 km W of Chongdui, China.
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