A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 237 km NNW of Luring, China (147 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000c5hg. Id of event: us2000c5hg. Exact location of event, longitude 83.3407 East, latitude 34.2858 North, depth = 13.65 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 13.65 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 18/12/17 / 2017-12-18 00:20:03 / December 18, 2017 @ 12:20 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 08:20:03 / 8:20 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 237 km NNW of Luring, China.
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