A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Taiping in China. 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 15.13 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/06/15 / 2015-06-26 14:05:37 / June 26, 2015 @ 2:05 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us20002wky. Unique identifier: us20002wky. The temblor was reported at 22:05:37 / 10:05 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 15.13 km, 106.0739° East, 28.2013° North.
Country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 74 km (46 miles) from Loushanguan (c. 80 300 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Dongxi (c. 7 000 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Wenshui (c. 5 500 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Ganshui (c. 5 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ganshui, Dongxi, Loushanguan (min 5000 pop).
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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 7 km NNE of Taiping, China. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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