A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 42 km ENE of Domartang, China (26 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000btyi. Unique identifier: us2000btyi. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/11/17 / 2017-11-15 01:24:59 / November 15, 2017 @ 1:24 am. The temblor was picked up at 09:24:59 / 9:24 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 95.2589° East, 31.0002° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days nine 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.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 42 km ENE of Domartang, China.
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