A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, southern Xinjiang, China kilometers (0 miles) from southern Xinjiang, China. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:48:33 / 3:48 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 86.291° East, latitude 41.9479° North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/07/15 / 2015-07-10 03:48:33 / July 10, 2015 @ 3:48 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us200031bg. Unique identifier: us200031bg. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearby country/countries, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 24 km (15 miles) from Sayibage (c. 179 500 pop), 15 km (10 miles) from Sishilichengzi (c. 8 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sayibage, Sishilichengzi.
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. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: southern Xinjiang, China. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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