A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Yilong in China on Wednesday. The temblor was detected at 09:10:29 / 9:10 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 102.5952° East, 23.8555° North, depth 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us10004sy0. Unique identifier: us10004sy0. Global time and date of event 24/02/16 / 2016-02-24 01:10:29 / February 24, 2016 @ 1:10 am UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 74 km (46 miles) from Kaiyuan (c. 198 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Gejiu (c. 136 100 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Yuxi (c. 103 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gejiu, Kaiyuan, Yuxi (min 5000 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 21 km NNE of Yilong, China.
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