A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Shiree in Mongolia. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/04/18 / 2018-04-14 00:31:27 / April 14, 2018 @ 12:31 am. Id of earthquake: us2000e01u. Event ids that are associated: us2000e01u. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 103.7102° East, 45.828° North, depth 14.3 km. The temblor was detected at 08:31:27 / 8:31 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14.3 km (9 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Mongolia (c. 3 087 000 pop). The epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Arvayheer (c. 25 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arvayheer (min 5000 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 was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 24 km E of Shiree, Mongolia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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