A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Kuqa in China. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000359h. Unique identifier: us1000359h. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:16:30 / 6:16 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 26.71 km (17 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/08/15 / 2015-08-27 10:16:30 / August 27, 2015 @ 10:16 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 83.2255° East, 42.0949° North, depth 26.71 km.
Event epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from Kuche (c. 68 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kuche (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days six 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 47 km NNE of Kuqa, China. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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