A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Gucheng in China on Saturday. All ids that are associated to the event: us10005dec. Unique identifier: us10005dec. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:19:48 / 7:19 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 106.414° East, latitude 35.6776° North, depth = 14.81 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 14.81 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/04/16 / 2016-04-23 11:19:48 / April 23, 2016 @ 11:19 am UTC/GMT.
Event epicenter was 29 km (18 miles) from Pingliang (c. 108 200 pop). Close country/countries, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pingliang (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 20 km SSW of Gucheng, China.
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