A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Shihezi in China. Exact location, longitude 86.1364° East, latitude 43.7001° North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 16:10:25 / 4:10 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000hpux. Event ids that are associated: us1000hpux. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 04/11/18 / 2018-11-04 08:10:25 / November 4, 2018 @ 8:10 am UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the event was 67 km (42 miles) from Shihezi (c. 572 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Shihezi (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days ten 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
Did you feel it?
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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 67 km S of Shihezi, China.
Copyright © 2018 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply