A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Zhanhe in China on Wednesday. Global time and date of event 26/06/24 / 2024-06-26 08:19:08 / June 26, 2024 @ 8:19 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000n88d. Id of event: us6000n88d. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:19:08 / 8:19 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 100.8556 East, latitude 26.838 North, depth = 10 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Dadukou, Lijiang. Epicenter of the event was 63 km (39 miles) from Lijiang (c. 1 137 600 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Dadukou (c. 461 500 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. 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.
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