A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 125 kilometers (78 miles) from Yilkiqi in China. The temblor was reported at 10:48:10 / 10:48 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 78.3213° East, 37.216° North, depth 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/07/15 / 2015-07-03 02:48:10 / July 3, 2015 @ 2:48 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us20002yyh. Unique identifier: us20002yyh.
Close country/countries, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Zangguy (c. 13 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Zangguy (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 125 km SE of Yilkiqi, China.
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