A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Kuqa in China. Unique identifier: us6000n0gn. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000n0gn. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/05/24 / 2024-05-23 16:05:56 / May 23, 2024 @ 4:05 pm. The temblor was picked up at 16:05:56 / 4:05 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 82.5747 East, latitude 41.7543 North, depth = 10 km.
Nearby country/countries, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 30 km (19 miles) from Kuche (c. 68 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kuche (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. 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: 29 km W of Kuqa, China.
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