A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Yanqi in China on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:28:10 / 6:28 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 04/03/19 / 2019-03-04 22:28:10 / March 4, 2019 @ 10:28 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 86.801 East, latitude 42.5477 North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000jajz. Id of event: us1000jajz. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 70 km (44 miles) from Sishilichengzi (c. 8 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sishilichengzi (min 5000 pop).
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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every 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.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 57 km NNE of Yanqi, China. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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