A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 33 km S of Zhamog, China (21 miles) on Saturday. Unique identifier: us20004gm1. Ids that are associated to the event: us20004gm1. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:09:39 / 6:09 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 24.63 km (15 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 95.8098 East, latitude 29.534 North, depth = 24.63 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/12/15 / 2015-12-11 22:09:39 / December 11, 2015 @ 10:09 pm.
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 in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. 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: 33 km S of Zhamog, China.
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