A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Yuhu in China. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 99.673° East, 26.1269° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:39:12 / 7:39 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/02/16 / 2016-02-07 23:39:12 / February 7, 2016 @ 11:39 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us20004zc2. Unique identifier: us20004zc2.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Dali (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Dali (c. 134 000 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 31 km W of Yuhu, China.
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