A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Xegar in China. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/03/20 / 2020-03-24 23:39:29 / March 24, 2020 @ 11:39 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70008ffi. Id of event: us70008ffi. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 87.2197 East, latitude 28.6107 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:39:29 / 7:39 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Lobujya (c. 8 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Nepal (c. 28 952 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lobujya (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 13 km E of Xegar, China.
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