A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Xoixar in China. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/09/16 / 2016-09-04 13:05:48 / September 4, 2016 @ 1:05 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 92.032 East, latitude 28.0653 North, depth = 28.78 km. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:05:48 / 9:05 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 28.78 km (18 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us10006mr6. Ids that are associated to the event: us10006mr6.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Trashi Yangtse. Event epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Trashi Yangtse (c. 3 000 pop). Close country/countries, Bhutan (c. 700 000 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 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 have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 22 km NE of Xoixar, China.
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