A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Gyangkar in China. 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, longitude 87.4392 East, latitude 28.3437 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 12:33:03 / 12:33 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us20005ixu. Unique identifier: us20005ixu. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/04/16 / 2016-04-16 04:33:03 / April 16, 2016 @ 4:33 am UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the event was 75 km (47 miles) from Lobujya (c. 8 800 pop). Close country/countries, Nepal (c. 28 952 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lobujya (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each 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.
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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: 35 km W of Gyangkar, China.
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