A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Yongbei in China. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 100.7317° East, 26.3227° North. All ids that are associated to the event: us70004q16. Unique identifier: us70004q16. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 20:23:29 / 8:23 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/07/19 / 2019-07-21 12:23:29 / July 21, 2019 @ 12:23 pm.
Close country/countries, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Dadukou, Dali, Lijiang. The epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Lijiang (c. 1 137 600 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Dadukou (c. 461 500 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Dali (c. 134 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 one 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.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 36 km S of Yongbei, China.
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