A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 66 km NNW of Pubu, China (41 miles) on Friday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 04:17:55 / 4:17 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us700097vu. Unique identifier: us700097vu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 35 km, 89.6477° East, 32.3244° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/04/20 / 2020-04-30 20:17:55 / April 30, 2020 @ 8:17 pm.
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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one 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.
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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. 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: 66 km NNW of Pubu, China.
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