A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Hede in China. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 120.3267° East, 33.5895° North. All ids that are associated to the event: us20007fgd. Unique identifier: us20007fgd. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/10/16 / 2016-10-19 20:51:11 / October 19, 2016 @ 8:51 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 04:51:11 / 4:51 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 30 km (19 miles) from Yancheng (c. 628 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Dongtai (c. 111 000 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Xinghua (c. 105 900 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Hede (c. 89 100 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Dazhong (c. 84 300 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Dongkan (c. 72 800 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Qinnan (c. 56 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Xinghua, Dongtai, Dongkan.
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 was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 20 km SSE of Hede, China. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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