A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Ulsan in South Korea on Tuesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/07/16 / 2016-07-05 11:33:03 / July 5, 2016 @ 11:33 am. Event id: us1000601a. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000601a. The temblor was detected at 20:33:03 / 8:33 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 129.8661° East, 35.5119° North.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Miryang, Eisen, Kimhae. Close country/countries that might be effected, South Korea (c. 48 423 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 88 km (54 miles) from Busan (c. 3 678 600 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Ulsan (c. 962 900 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Pohang (c. 500 000 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Kimhae (c. 356 200 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Kyonju (c. 155 200 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Ungsang (c. 83 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Yangsan (c. 71 900 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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