A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 114 kilometers (71 miles) from Layka in China. The temblor was picked up at 01:54:09 / 1:54 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 09/07/15 / 2015-07-09 17:54:09 / July 9, 2015 @ 5:54 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 78.4579° East, latitude 37.253° North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us20002wcq. Unique identifier: us20002wcq.
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 event was 28 km (17 miles) from Zangguy (c. 13 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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