A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 49 km S of Domartang, China (30 miles). Id of earthquake: us600053vp. Event ids that are associated: us600053vp. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 11:06:16 / 11:06 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/08/19 / 2019-08-12 03:06:16 / August 12, 2019 @ 3:06 am. Exact location of earthquake, 94.7799° East, 30.4529° North, depth 10 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days five 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 49 km S of Domartang, China.
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