A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Xegar in China. Global time and date of event 22/05/16 / 2016-05-22 01:46:09 / May 22, 2016 @ 1:46 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10.37 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude 87.2227° East, latitude 28.2457° North, depth = 10.37 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:46:09 / 9:46 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us20005yj5. Event ids that are associated: us20005yj5.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lobujya. The epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Lobujya (c. 8 800 pop). Nearby country/countries, Nepal (c. 28 952 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 45 km SSE of Xegar, China.
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