A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 59 km S of Domartang, China (37 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/07/15 / 2015-07-21 15:10:20 / July 21, 2015 @ 3:10 pm. The temblor was picked up at 23:10:20 / 11:10 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us20002yw5. Unique identifier: us20002yw5. Exact location of earthquake, 94.8503° East, 30.3671° North, depth 34.26 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 34.26 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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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