A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Minjian in China. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000g6u8. Id of event: us1000g6u8. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 103.4311° East, 28.771° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/08/18 / 2018-08-11 06:11:32 / August 11, 2018 @ 6:11 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:11:32 / 2:11 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Leshan, Luocheng (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 94 km (58 miles) from Leshan (c. 154 500 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Luocheng (c. 73 600 pop). Close country/countries, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 13 km SW of Minjian, China. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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