A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Zhaxi in China. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 104.9158° East, latitude 28.1479° North, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us10008p5s. Event ids that are associated: us10008p5s. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:40:22 / 1:40 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 04/05/17 / 2017-05-04 05:40:22 / May 4, 2017 @ 5:40 am UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Yibin (c. 242 100 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Bijie (c. 77 600 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Xunchang (c. 64 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bijie, Yibin, Xunchang (min 5000 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 two and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 33 km N of Zhaxi, China.
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