A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Kangding in China on Monday. Unique identifier: us20005c89. Ids that are associated to the event: us20005c89. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 101.987 East, latitude 29.6724 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 21/03/16 / 2016-03-21 03:35:52 / March 21, 2016 @ 3:35 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 11:35:52 / 11:35 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kangding. The epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Kangding (c. 100 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 42 km S of Kangding, China. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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