A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 45 km ESE of Ning’er, China (28 miles) on Tuesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10.16 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000jgpf. Id of event: us2000jgpf. The temblor was detected at 22:49:58 / 10:49 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 12/02/19 / 2019-02-12 14:49:58 / February 12, 2019 @ 2:49 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10.16 km, 101.4426° East, 22.865° North.
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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 45 km ESE of Ning’er, China.
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