A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Dongguan in China. Id of earthquake: us20002yy6. Event ids that are associated: us20002yy6. The epicenter was at a depth of 9.71 km (6 miles). The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:03:55 / 6:03 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 03/07/15 / 2015-07-03 22:03:55 / July 3, 2015 @ 10:03 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 110.5202 East, latitude 39.1192 North, depth = 9.71 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ordos (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 84 km (52 miles) from Ordos (c. 1 940 700 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 53 km WNW of Dongguan, China.
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