A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Turpan in China. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 22.33 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 22.33 km, 89.087° East, 43.4918° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000412a. Id of event: us2000412a. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 19:23:22 / 7:23 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 31/10/15 / 2015-10-31 11:23:22 / October 31, 2015 @ 11:23 am UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 61 km (38 miles) from Laochenglu (c. 254 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Laochenglu (min 5000 pop).
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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 62 km N of Turpan, China.
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