A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Haikou in China. Exact time and date of earthquake 31/10/19 / 2019-10-31 19:37:25 / October 31, 2019 @ 7:37 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000698r. Unique identifier: us6000698r. 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 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:37:25 / 3:37 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 102.8855° East, 24.4789° North, depth 10 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Kunming (c. 3 855 300 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Majie (c. 131 700 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Haikou (c. 112 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Lianran (c. 106 800 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Yuxi (c. 103 800 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Zhongshu (c. 91 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Zhongshu, Longquan, Majie (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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 7 km SW of Haikou, China.
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