A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Kashi in China. Event id: us10005hkk. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005hkk. The epicenter was at a depth of 53.78 km (33 miles). Global time and date of event 15/05/16 / 2016-05-15 16:59:16 / May 15, 2016 @ 4:59 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 75.3404° East, 39.7941° North, depth 53.78 km. The temblor was detected at 00:59:16 / 12:59 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Kashi (c. 274 700 pop). 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 Kashi.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each 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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 66 km NW of Kashi, China.
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