A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 110 kilometers (68 miles) from Yilkiqi in China. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:32:49 / 10:32 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 78.3278 East, latitude 37.4582 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/07/15 / 2015-07-03 02:32:49 / July 3, 2015 @ 2:32 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002yyi. Id of event: us20002yyi.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Zangguy (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). The epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Zangguy (c. 13 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixteen, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 110 km ESE of Yilkiqi, China.
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