A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Xinmian in China on Wednesday. The temblor was picked up at 16:46:20 / 4:46 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/05/18 / 2018-05-16 08:46:20 / May 16, 2018 @ 8:46 am. 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 72.56 km (45 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 102.385° East, 29.3409° North, depth 72.56 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000e67v. Id of event: us1000e67v.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 89 km (55 miles) from Kangding (c. 100 000 pop). Close country/countries, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kangding.
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. 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 nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 11 km N of Xinmian, China. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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