A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Fuyu in China on Sunday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/07/17 / 2017-07-22 23:13:36 / July 22, 2017 @ 11:13 pm. Id of earthquake: us20009zvm. Event ids that are associated: us20009zvm. Exact location of event, longitude 124.6521 East, latitude 45.2776 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly 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). The temblor was reported at 07:13:36 / 7:13 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Zhaozhou, Zhaoyuan, Dalai. Epicenter of the event was 17 km (10 miles) from Fuyu (c. 138 700 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Qianguo (c. 113 600 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Dalai (c. 93 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Zhaozhou (c. 62 400 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Zhaoyuan (c. 59 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 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 quakes in the world each year.
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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 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: 16 km NW of Fuyu, China.
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