A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Dushanzi in China. The temblor was detected at 06:59:34 / 6:59 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 85.2362° East, latitude 43.8856° North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us100044br. Ids that are associated to the event: us100044br. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/12/15 / 2015-12-05 22:59:34 / December 5, 2015 @ 10:59 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Shihezi (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Shihezi (c. 572 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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: 58 km SSE of Dushanzi, China. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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