A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 96 kilometers (60 miles) from Yilkiqi in China on Sunday. Event id: us10002nj5. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10002nj5. Exact time and date of earthquake 05/07/15 / 2015-07-05 15:12:09 / July 5, 2015 @ 3:12 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 78.1796° East, 37.5053° North. The earthquake was roughly 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 temblor was detected at 23:12:09 / 11:12 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Zangguy (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 57 km (36 miles) from Zangguy (c. 13 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. 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: 96 km ESE of Yilkiqi, China.
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