A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Shimen in China on Wednesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 54.76 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us10005i09. Unique identifier: us10005i09. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:48:56 / 12:48 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 54.76 km, 99.6094° East, 26.0579° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/05/16 / 2016-05-17 16:48:56 / May 17, 2016 @ 4:48 pm.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Dali. Epicenter of the earthquake was 80 km (50 miles) from Dali (c. 134 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop).
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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 25 km NE of Shimen, China.
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