A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Liushun in China on Friday. Global time and date of event 09/02/18 / 2018-02-09 14:58:05 / February 9, 2018 @ 2:58 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 100.9658 East, latitude 22.3177 North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us2000czk0. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000czk0. The temblor was reported at 22:58:05 / 10:58 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jinghong (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Jinghong (c. 62 100 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 one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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 SE of Liushun, China.
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