A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Xichang in China. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 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). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:14:11 / 4:14 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 102.0695 East, latitude 27.3141 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 04/06/24 / 2024-06-04 04:14:11 / June 4, 2024 @ 4:14 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000mrqm. Unique identifier: us7000mrqm.
Close country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Dadukou, Xichang. The epicenter was 93 km (57 miles) from Dadukou (c. 461 500 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Xichang (c. 126 800 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 67 km SSW of Xichang, China. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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