A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 105 kilometers (65 miles) from Jinchang in China on Thursday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700058ui. Id of event: us700058ui. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:20:21 / 1:20 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/08/19 / 2019-08-21 17:20:21 / August 21, 2019 @ 5:20 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 102.1206 East, latitude 37.5459 North, depth = 20 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 20 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 62 km (38 miles) from Wuwei (c. 493 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Wuwei (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 105 km S of Jinchang, China.
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