A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Wuhai in China. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 23/03/16 / 2016-03-23 18:23:30 / March 23, 2016 @ 6:23 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 02:23:30 / 2:23 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 106.1507° East, 39.9224° North. Id of earthquake: us20005c2q. Event ids that are associated: us20005c2q.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Shitanjing, Wuda, Wuhai. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). The epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Wuhai (c. 218 400 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Wuda (c. 129 900 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Shitanjing (c. 78 800 pop).
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. 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.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 63 km WNW of Wuhai, China.
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