A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Burang in China. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 37.534 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us7000nzij. Event ids that are associated: us7000nzij. Exact location of earthquake, 81.4236° East, 29.8513° North, depth 37.534 km. Global time and date of event 17/12/24 / 2024-12-17 11:23:29 / December 17, 2024 @ 11:23 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 11:23:29 / 11:23 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Dhārchula, Dārchulā, Dipayal. Earthquake epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Dipayal (c. 23 400 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Dārchulā (c. 18 300 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Dhārchula (c. 7 300 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Burang (c. 5 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop), India (c. 1 173 108 000 pop), Nepal (c. 28 952 000 pop).
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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 54 km SSE of Burang, China. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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