A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 50 km S of Domartang, China (31 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 94.7936 East, latitude 30.4418 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:13:54 / 4:13 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us600054vx. Ids that are associated to the event: us600054vx. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 14/08/19 / 2019-08-14 08:13:54 / August 14, 2019 @ 8:13 am UTC/GMT.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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