A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 64 km S of Domartang, China (40 miles) on Friday. Unique identifier: us10002wse. Ids that are associated to the event: us10002wse. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/07/15 / 2015-07-31 03:18:17 / July 31, 2015 @ 3:18 am. The temblor was reported at 11:18:17 / 11:18 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 94.9315 East, latitude 30.3211 North, depth = 10 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 64 km S of Domartang, China.
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