A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Ürümqi in China. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us7000nefx. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nefx. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:33:00 / 8:33 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/09/24 / 2024-09-17 08:33:00 / September 17, 2024 @ 8:33 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 88.0798 East, latitude 43.6579 North, depth = 10 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Ürümqi (c. 3 029 400 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Yan’an Beilu (c. 198 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yan’an Beilu, Ürümqi (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 have been detected nearby.
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