A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 59 km S of Domartang, China (37 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us20002ybg. Unique identifier: us20002ybg. Exact location of earthquake, 94.8219° East, 30.363° North, depth 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 13:41:26 / 1:41 pm (local time epicenter). 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 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/07/15 / 2015-07-18 05:41:26 / July 18, 2015 @ 5:41 am.
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. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. 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: 59 km S of Domartang, China.
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