A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Qifo in China on Wednesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/10/15 / 2015-10-28 02:01:57 / October 28, 2015 @ 2:01 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us200040sx. Unique identifier: us200040sx. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 105.2835 East, latitude 32.1239 North, depth = 15.19 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15.19 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 10:01:57 / 10:01 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Mianyang (c. 264 100 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Guangyuan (c. 213 400 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Jiangyou (c. 127 200 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Langzhong (c. 60 500 pop). Close country/countries, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Langzhong, Mianyang, Jiangyou.
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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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