A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Magong in China on Friday. The temblor was detected at 06:08:02 / 6:08 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 104.9018° East, 32.1678° North, depth 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/11/16 / 2016-11-03 22:08:02 / November 3, 2016 @ 10:08 pm. 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). Event id: us100076nr. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100076nr.
Close country/countries, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 80 km (50 miles) from Mianyang (c. 264 100 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Guangyuan (c. 213 400 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Jiangyou (c. 127 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Guangyuan, Mianyang, Jiangyou (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days five 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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 21 km SW of Magong, China. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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