A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 0 kilometers (0 miles) from Damai in China. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 12:02:38 / 12:02 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us70006bsa. Ids that are associated to the event: us70006bsa. Exact location of event, longitude 102.674 East, latitude 35.1978 North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/11/19 / 2019-11-17 04:02:38 / November 17, 2019 @ 4:02 am.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Linxia Chengguanzhen (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). The epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Linxia Chengguanzhen (c. 202 400 pop).
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 three 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 0 km ESE of Damai, China.
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