A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Long’an in China on Monday. Exact location of event, longitude 104.7912 East, latitude 32.3998 North, depth = 28.64 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 28.64 km (18 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/10/15 / 2015-10-19 00:40:08 / October 19, 2015 @ 12:40 am. The temblor was detected at 08:40:08 / 8:40 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10003qze. Ids that are associated to the event: us10003qze. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Jiangyou (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Jiangyou (c. 127 200 pop).
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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 24 km E of Long’an, China.
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