A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Tiandian in China on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 18:36:37 / 6:36 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006r6e. Id of event: us70006r6e. Exact location of earthquake, 113.4582° East, 30.982° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/12/19 / 2019-12-26 10:36:37 / December 26, 2019 @ 10:36 am.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 89 km (55 miles) from Wuhan (c. 9 785 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Suizhou (c. 323 900 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Chengzhong (c. 265 900 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Xiantao (c. 239 400 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Jingling (c. 224 900 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Qianjiang (c. 179 100 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Xiaogan (c. 160 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fengkou, Wuhan, Huangpi (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate 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 was reported nearby.
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