A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 107 kilometers (66 miles) from Yilkiqi in China. Unique identifier: us10002n5n. Ids that are associated to the event: us10002n5n. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/07/15 / 2015-07-03 03:11:12 / July 3, 2015 @ 3:11 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 78.2566° East, latitude 37.4144° North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 11:11:12 / 11:11 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Zangguy. Event epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from Zangguy (c. 13 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 107 km SE of Yilkiqi, China.
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