A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Yilkiqi in China on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 78.0899 East, latitude 37.5062 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:55:15 / 3:55 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/01/18 / 2018-01-06 19:55:15 / January 6, 2018 @ 7:55 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us1000c1if. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000c1if.
Nearby country/countries, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Zangguy (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Zangguy (c. 13 000 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 89 km SE of Yilkiqi, China. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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