A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Arzak in China on Friday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 43.15 km (27 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 75.7013 East, latitude 40.062 North, depth = 43.15 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:52:59 / 3:52 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us100049cg. Event ids that are associated: us100049cg. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 24/12/15 / 2015-12-24 19:52:59 / December 24, 2015 @ 7:52 pm UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kashi (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from Kashi (c. 274 700 pop). Close 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 55 km NW of Arzak, China. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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