A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 229 km SSE of Hotan, China (142 miles) on Wednesday. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:21:23 / 1:21 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 80.9478° East, latitude 35.2008° North, depth = 19.82 km. Global time and date of event 18/12/18 / 2018-12-18 17:21:23 / December 18, 2018 @ 5:21 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us2000iuuc. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000iuuc. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 19.82 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface.
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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 229 km SSE of Hotan, China. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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