A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Shihezi in China. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000cppk. Id of event: us6000cppk. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 02:38:09 / 2:38 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 84.8869° East, latitude 44.2113° North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/11/20 / 2020-11-18 02:38:09 / November 18, 2020 @ 2:38 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 92 km (57 miles) from Shihezi (c. 572 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Shihezi (min 5000 pop).
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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 92 km W of Shihezi, China. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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