A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Banqiao in China on Wednesday. Global time and date of event 22/09/15 / 2015-09-22 18:01:37 / September 22, 2015 @ 6:01 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us20003n1p. Ids that are associated to the event: us20003n1p. Exact location of event, longitude 105.3848 East, latitude 32.5201 North, depth = 13.96 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13.96 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 02:01:37 / 2:01 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 42 km (26 miles) from Guangyuan (c. 213 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guangyuan (min 5000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 11 km SSE of Banqiao, China.
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