A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Xinmian in China. Id of earthquake: us20005c2m. Event ids that are associated: us20005c2m. The temblor was detected at 01:55:41 / 1:55 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/03/16 / 2016-03-23 17:55:41 / March 23, 2016 @ 5:55 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 102.3194 East, latitude 29.6287 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kangding (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Kangding (c. 100 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 43 km N of Xinmian, China. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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