A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 63 km S of Domartang, China (39 miles) on Wednesday. Event id: us10003181. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003181. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/08/15 / 2015-08-11 19:13:11 / August 11, 2015 @ 7:13 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 94.8837° East, 30.3299° North, depth 20.08 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 20.08 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 03:13:11 / 3:13 am (local time epicenter).
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 three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. 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: 63 km S of Domartang, China.
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