A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Baima in China. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/07/18 / 2018-07-02 03:24:43 / July 2, 2018 @ 3:24 am. The temblor was picked up at 11:24:43 / 11:24 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 97.0786° East, 30.3108° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000fyc6. Id of event: us2000fyc6. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Qamdo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 92 km (57 miles) from Qamdo (c. 86 300 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 33 km NNE of Baima, China.
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