A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Hongtu in China. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 13.74 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 22/11/15 / 2015-11-22 21:02:43 / November 22, 2015 @ 9:02 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us100040dw. Event ids that are associated: us100040dw. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:02:43 / 5:02 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 100.3294° East, latitude 38.0048° North, depth = 13.74 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Zhangye (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 104 km (65 miles) from Zhangye (c. 96 200 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. 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. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. 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: 53 km W of Hongtu, China.
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