A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) was reported 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Jinghong in China on Monday. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 100.7729° East, 21.9349° North. The temblor was picked up at 21:20:31 / 9:20 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 21/05/18 / 2018-05-21 13:20:31 / May 21, 2018 @ 1:20 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us1000e9j2. Event ids that are associated: us1000e9j2.
Nearby country/countries, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jinghong (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 7 km (5 miles) from Jinghong (c. 62 100 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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