A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Daxing in China on Wednesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 14/08/24 / 2024-08-14 14:42:58 / August 14, 2024 @ 2:42 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us6000nq2j. Event ids that are associated: us6000nq2j. The temblor was reported at 14:42:58 / 2:42 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 100.5409° East, 27.1518° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). The epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Lijiang (c. 1 137 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lijiang (min 5000 pop).
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. 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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. 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: 34 km WSW of Daxing, China.
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