A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Yilkiqi in China on Saturday. The temblor was detected at 08:36:38 / 8:36 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 78.0066 East, latitude 37.6589 North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10002ncm. Id of event: us10002ncm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/07/15 / 2015-07-04 00:36:38 / July 4, 2015 @ 12:36 am.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Zangguy. Event epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Zangguy (c. 13 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days 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: 74 km ESE of Yilkiqi, China.
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