A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Dalandzadgad in Mongolia. Event id: us6000dkau. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000dkau. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 17.4 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 104.3498 East, latitude 43.4125 North, depth = 17.4 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:42:02 / 1:42 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/02/21 / 2021-02-23 01:42:02 / February 23, 2021 @ 1:42 am.
Close country/countries, Mongolia (c. 3 087 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Dalandzadgad. Epicenter of the event was 19 km (12 miles) from Dalandzadgad (c. 15 100 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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