A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Yuhu in China. Event id: us10006cxe. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006cxe. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:30:40 / 6:30 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 08/08/16 / 2016-08-08 22:30:40 / August 8, 2016 @ 10:30 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 99.9187° East, 26.054° North, depth 43.43 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 43.43 km (27 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Dali (c. 134 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Dali. Nearby country/countries, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 8 km SW of Yuhu, China.
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