A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Longkou in China on Wednesday. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:51:53 / 8:51 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000313w. Id of event: us1000313w. Exact location, longitude 120.338° East, latitude 37.9211° North, depth = 11.19 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 22/07/15 / 2015-07-22 00:51:53 / July 22, 2015 @ 12:51 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 11.19 km (7 miles).
Event epicenter was 62 km (39 miles) from Luofeng (c. 100 800 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Weichanglu (c. 90 100 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Dengzhou (c. 85 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Zhuangyuan (c. 79 100 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Longgang (c. 60 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Weichanglu, Zhuangyuan, Luofeng. Close country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop).
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 two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 30 km N of Longkou, China.
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