A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Sibgyi in China. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:21:02 / 4:21 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000e99b. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000e99b. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 78.4531° East, 31.7465° North. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/05/18 / 2018-05-21 10:51:02 / May 21, 2018 @ 10:51 am UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries, India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Rohru (c. 8 200 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Rāmpur (c. 6 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rohru, Rāmpur (min 5000 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 24 km WSW of Sibgyi, China.
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