A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Xegar in China. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:55:42 / 10:55 am (local time epicenter). 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 event, longitude 87.3554 East, latitude 28.3854 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/05/16 / 2016-05-22 02:55:42 / May 22, 2016 @ 2:55 am. Id of earthquake: us10005j6l. Event ids that are associated: us10005j6l.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lobujya. Country/countries that might be effected, Nepal (c. 28 952 000 pop). The epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Lobujya (c. 8 800 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 38 km SE of Xegar, China. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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