A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 36 km NNW of Pagnag, China (22 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 13/01/16 / 2016-01-13 20:34:59 / January 13, 2016 @ 8:34 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 04:34:59 / 4:34 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us10004e7h. Ids that are associated to the event: us10004e7h. Exact location of earthquake, 91.5238° East, 32.6435° North, depth 10 km.
There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 36 km NNW of Pagnag, China.
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