A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Turpan in China. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:59:51 / 7:59 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 89.4285° East, 43.6846° North, depth 22.01 km. Unique identifier: us10006f34. Ids that are associated to the event: us10006f34. 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 22.01 km (14 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/08/16 / 2016-08-15 23:59:51 / August 15, 2016 @ 11:59 pm.
Earthquake epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Laochenglu (c. 254 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Laochenglu (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 86 km NNE of Turpan, China.
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