A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Xiaozhongdian in China. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us200040av. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200040av. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:12:09 / 4:12 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 100.3 East, latitude 27.55 North, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/10/15 / 2015-10-28 20:12:09 / October 28, 2015 @ 8:12 pm.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lijiang, Shangri-La. Close country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Lijiang (c. 1 137 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Shangri-La (c. 130 000 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 41 km E of Xiaozhongdian, China.
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