A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Xitumenzi in China on Friday. Global time and date of event 30/10/15 / 2015-10-30 07:03:41 / October 30, 2015 @ 7:03 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 556.71 km, 131.0591° East, 43.1441° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 556.71 km (346 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:03:41 / 3:03 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us200040nk. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200040nk.
Earthquake epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Vladivostok (c. 587 000 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Hunchun (c. 77 000 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Aoji-ri (c. 34 200 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Onsŏng (c. 19 800 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Trudovoye (c. 18 500 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Slavyanka (c. 14 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Onsŏng, Aoji-ri, Uglovoye. Country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop), North Korea (c. 22 912 000 pop), Russia (c. 140 702 000 pop).
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. 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 has occurred nearby.
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