A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Qifo in China. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/02/18 / 2018-02-18 03:44:13 / February 18, 2018 @ 3:44 am UTC/GMT. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:44:13 / 11:44 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 16.66 km (10 miles). Event id: us2000d41s. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000d41s. Exact location of event, depth 16.66 km, 105.2472° East, 32.3208° North.
Close country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Guangyuan (c. 213 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Jiangyou (c. 127 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jiangyou, Guangyuan.
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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 4 km WNW of Qifo, China.
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