A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 27 km NNE of Domartang, China (17 miles) on Wednesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/08/18 / 2018-08-07 21:29:53 / August 7, 2018 @ 9:29 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000g52a. Unique identifier: us1000g52a. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 94.9735° East, 31.1173° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 05:29:53 / 5:29 am (local time epicenter).
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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 27 km NNE of Domartang, China.
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