A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Kuqa in China on Thursday. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000n0js. Unique identifier: us6000n0js. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/05/24 / 2024-05-23 20:17:49 / May 23, 2024 @ 8:17 pm. The temblor was reported at 20:17:49 / 8:17 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 82.5501° East, 41.7053° North, depth 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the event was 32 km (20 miles) from Kuche (c. 68 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kuche. Close country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days ten 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 31 km W of Kuqa, China. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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