A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Yongning in China on Monday. Id of earthquake: us6000n18x. Event ids that are associated: us6000n18x. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 100.4502° East, 28.0929° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 10:37:11 / 10:37 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/05/24 / 2024-05-27 10:37:11 / May 27, 2024 @ 10:37 am.
Event epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Shangri-La (c. 130 000 pop). Close country/countries, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Shangri-La (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 35 km NW of Yongning, China.
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