A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 184 km WSW of Aksu, China (114 miles) on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 38.78 km (24 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/12/19 / 2019-12-05 07:54:07 / December 5, 2019 @ 7:54 am. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:54:07 / 3:54 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us60006mb5. Event ids that are associated: us60006mb5. Exact location of earthquake, 78.3173° East, 40.3699° North, depth 38.78 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 184 km WSW of Aksu, China.
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