A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 101 kilometers (63 miles) from Yilkiqi in China. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:07:24 / 2:07 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us20002xcs. Unique identifier: us20002xcs. Global time and date of event 14/07/15 / 2015-07-14 06:07:24 / July 14, 2015 @ 6:07 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 40.72 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 78.191° East, latitude 37.4318° North, depth = 40.72 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 53 km (33 miles) from Zangguy (c. 13 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Zangguy (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 101 km SE of Yilkiqi, China. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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