A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Yulin in China. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:36:06 / 8:36 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 15.79 km (10 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003rww. Id of event: us10003rww. Exact location, longitude 109.583° East, latitude 38.3655° North, depth = 15.79 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/10/15 / 2015-10-21 00:36:06 / October 21, 2015 @ 12:36 am.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yulin (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 17 km (10 miles) from Yulin (c. 90 900 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 16 km WNW of Yulin, China. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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