A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 26 km E of Gartog, China (16 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 98.8223° East, 29.6716° North, depth 22.55 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 22.55 km (14 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 13/12/18 / 2018-12-13 15:39:45 / December 13, 2018 @ 3:39 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 23:39:45 / 11:39 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000it8b. Id of event: us2000it8b.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 26 km E of Gartog, China. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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