A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 115 kilometers (71 miles) from Layka in China. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002ywx. Id of event: us20002ywx. Global time and date of event 03/07/15 / 2015-07-03 04:43:48 / July 3, 2015 @ 4:43 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 78.4349 East, latitude 36.9946 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 12:43:48 / 12:43 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly 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).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). Event epicenter was 44 km (27 miles) from Zangguy (c. 13 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Zangguy (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 115 km W of Layka, China.
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