A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Diwopu in China. The temblor was picked up at 13:50:44 / 1:50 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 87.3527° East, 43.7987° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/12/18 / 2018-12-28 05:50:44 / December 28, 2018 @ 5:50 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000iyiw. Id of event: us2000iyiw.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yan’an Beilu, Ürümqi (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 20 km (12 miles) from Ürümqi (c. 3 029 400 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Yan’an Beilu (c. 198 800 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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