A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Yilkiqi in China on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, 77.8669° East, 37.7152° North, depth 41.8 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 41.8 km (26 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:29:14 / 8:29 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/07/15 / 2015-07-14 12:29:14 / July 14, 2015 @ 12:29 pm. Id of earthquake: us20002xdf. Event ids that are associated: us20002xdf.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Zangguy. The epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Zangguy (c. 13 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 60 km ESE of Yilkiqi, China.
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