A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Kuqa in China. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 82.6077° East, 41.7017° North. The temblor was detected at 17:38:25 / 5:38 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 23/05/24 / 2024-05-23 17:38:25 / May 23, 2024 @ 5:38 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000n0j0. Unique identifier: us6000n0j0. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kuche. The epicenter was 27 km (17 miles) from Kuche (c. 68 100 pop). Close country/countries, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
Questions or comments?
What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 26 km W of Kuqa, China. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
Copyright © 2024 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply