A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Kuqa in China. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000mt24. Unique identifier: us6000mt24. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/04/24 / 2024-04-22 21:16:36 / April 22, 2024 @ 9:16 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 82.09 East, latitude 41.6655 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 21:16:36 / 9:16 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kuche (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Kuche (c. 68 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 70 km W of Kuqa, China.
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