A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Xinqiao in China. The temblor was reported at 16:10:17 / 4:10 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 14.03 km, 121.3722° East, 33.0725° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 08/12/19 / 2019-12-08 08:10:17 / December 8, 2019 @ 8:10 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14.03 km (9 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us60006ra5. Unique identifier: us60006ra5.
Event epicenter was 86 km (54 miles) from Dazhong (c. 84 300 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Juegang (c. 73 300 pop). Close country/countries, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Dazhong, Juegang.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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