A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Mingxing in China. The temblor was picked up at 11:08:51 / 11:08 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 25.48 km (16 miles). Global time and date of event 18/12/16 / 2016-12-18 03:08:51 / December 18, 2016 @ 3:08 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 112.449° East, latitude 37.5209° North, depth = 25.48 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000824w. Id of event: us2000824w.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Jiexiu, Gutao, Taiyuan. Close country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). Event epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Taiyuan (c. 3 426 500 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Yuci (c. 235 900 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Jiexiu (c. 77 200 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Gutao (c. 42 000 pop).
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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 13 km NW of Mingxing, China.
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