A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Huili Chengguanzhen in China on Wednesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/10/18 / 2018-10-17 05:29:26 / October 17, 2018 @ 5:29 am. Exact location, longitude 102.2073° East, latitude 26.3065° North, depth = 35 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:29:26 / 1:29 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hd7x. Id of event: us1000hd7x.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Dadukou. Country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 57 km (35 miles) from Dadukou (c. 461 500 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 one 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.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 39 km S of Huili Chengguanzhen, China. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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