A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Aksu in China. Id of earthquake: us70009elu. Event ids that are associated: us70009elu. The temblor was detected at 05:36:14 / 5:36 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 04/05/20 / 2020-05-04 05:36:14 / May 4, 2020 @ 5:36 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 80.8991 East, latitude 41.3296 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aral, Aykol, Yingbazha (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 54 km (34 miles) from Yingbazha (c. 340 000 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Aral (c. 260 000 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Aykol (c. 11 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 54 km ENE of Aksu, China. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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