A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Hefei in China. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nsvh. Unique identifier: us6000nsvh. Global time and date of event 18/09/24 / 2024-09-18 12:08:15 / September 18, 2024 @ 12:08 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 117.6256° East, 31.9132° North, depth 10 km. The temblor was reported at 12:08:15 / 12:08 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Mingguang, Huainan, Wuhu. Close country/countries, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 33 km (21 miles) from Hefei (c. 3 310 300 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Huainan (c. 1 027 700 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Wuhu (c. 507 500 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Chuzhou (c. 280 600 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Chaohu (c. 138 500 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Lucheng (c. 89 100 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Mingguang (c. 68 400 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 has struck near.
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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. 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: 33 km E of Hefei, China.
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