A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 108 km WSW of Jiajuedibu, China (67 miles). The temblor was reported at 23:06:39 / 11:06 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 20/01/19 / 2019-01-20 15:06:39 / January 20, 2019 @ 3:06 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 87.679 East, latitude 30.4079 North, depth = 11.49 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us2000j6mj. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000j6mj. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 11.49 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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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. 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: 108 km WSW of Jiajuedibu, China.
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