A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Zhongcheng in China on Wednesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 105.0359 East, latitude 28.1907 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 18:34:59 / 6:34 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us10008gmf. Unique identifier: us10008gmf. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/04/17 / 2017-04-05 10:34:59 / April 5, 2017 @ 10:34 am.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yibin, Xunchang (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 76 km (47 miles) from Yibin (c. 242 100 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Xunchang (c. 64 600 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 23 km SW of Zhongcheng, China.
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