A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Simao in China. The temblor was detected at 15:04:39 / 3:04 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 13.689 km (9 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000n89f. Event ids that are associated: us7000n89f. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 101.1561 East, latitude 22.7312 North, depth = 13.689 km. Global time and date of event 20/08/24 / 2024-08-20 15:04:39 / August 20, 2024 @ 3:04 pm UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Jinghong (c. 62 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Jinghong.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 19 km ESE of Simao, China.
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