A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Zhaotong in China. The temblor was picked up at 16:54:13 / 4:54 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 21/05/24 / 2024-05-21 16:54:13 / May 21, 2024 @ 4:54 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 18.642 km (12 miles). Event id: us7000mnj0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mnj0. Exact location of event, longitude 103.128 East, latitude 27.268 North, depth = 18.642 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Zhaotong (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Zhaotong (c. 109 400 pop). Close country/countries, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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