A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Hue in Vietnam. The temblor was reported at 22:58:05 / 10:58 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/11/19 / 2019-11-17 15:58:05 / November 17, 2019 @ 3:58 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 12.97 km (8 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006bsj. Id of event: us70006bsj. Exact location, longitude 107.2176° East, latitude 16.1647° North, depth = 12.97 km.
Close country/countries, Vietnam (c. 89 571 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 52 km (32 miles) from Huế (c. 287 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Ðông Hà (c. 17 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ðông Hà, Huế.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 52 km SW of Hue, Vietnam.
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