A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Kuqa in China. The temblor was detected at 09:04:01 / 9:04 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 04/01/17 / 2017-01-04 01:04:01 / January 4, 2017 @ 1:04 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 82.5093° East, latitude 41.9278° North, depth = 24.3 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 24.3 km (15 miles). Unique identifier: us10007pkm. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007pkm.
The epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Kuche (c. 68 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kuche (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop).
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 have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 41 km WNW of Kuqa, China. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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