A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 77 kilometers (48 miles) from Yilkiqi in China on Friday. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 78.0265° East, 37.6287° North. Global time and date of event 03/07/15 / 2015-07-03 02:37:26 / July 3, 2015 @ 2:37 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us10002n5j. Ids that are associated to the event: us10002n5j. 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). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:37:26 / 10:37 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Zangguy (c. 13 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Zangguy.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 77 km ESE of Yilkiqi, China. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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