A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Ulaangom in Mongolia. Exact location of event, longitude 91.2281 East, latitude 49.7787 North, depth = 10 km. Event id: us6000d3i7. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000d3i7. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/12/20 / 2020-12-27 21:21:28 / December 27, 2020 @ 9:21 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 21:21:28 / 9:21 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 64 km (40 miles) from Ulaangom (c. 28 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ulaangom (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Mongolia (c. 3 087 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 has occurred nearby. 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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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: 64 km WSW of Ulaangom, Mongolia.
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