A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Shihezi in China. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/08/24 / 2024-08-08 20:06:12 / August 8, 2024 @ 8:06 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 20:06:12 / 8:06 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 86.3093° East, 43.759° North. Event id: us6000niyn. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000niyn. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Event epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Shihezi (c. 572 800 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Yan’an Beilu (c. 198 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yan’an Beilu, Shihezi (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 64 km SSE of Shihezi, China.
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