A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 57 km S of Domartang, China (35 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/08/15 / 2015-08-06 12:34:07 / August 6, 2015 @ 12:34 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 34.51 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 34.51 km, 94.823° East, 30.3841° North. Event id: us10002z3b. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10002z3b. The temblor was reported at 20:34:07 / 8:34 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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 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: 57 km S of Domartang, China.
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