A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Xichang in China. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 102.2018° East, latitude 27.3755° North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/11/24 / 2024-11-15 15:02:19 / November 15, 2024 @ 3:02 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 15:02:19 / 3:02 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000nrzw. Event ids that are associated: us7000nrzw. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 58 km (36 miles) from Xichang (c. 126 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Xichang (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 58 km S of Xichang, China.
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