A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Lushun in China on Monday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 14.39 km (9 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 120.8641 East, latitude 38.7579 North, depth = 14.39 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 28/06/15 / 2015-06-28 23:03:24 / June 28, 2015 @ 11:03 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 07:03:24 / 7:03 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us20002x7p. Event ids that are associated: us20002x7p.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Jinzhou, Dalianwan, Dalian. Close country/countries, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 66 km (41 miles) from Dalian (c. 4 087 700 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Jinzhou (c. 215 400 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Lüshun (c. 82 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Dalianwan (c. 55 800 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 35 km W of Lushun, China.
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