A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Huocheng in China. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 49.437 km (31 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/01/25 / 2025-01-02 04:40:54 / January 2, 2025 @ 4:40 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 04:40:54 / 4:40 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 49.437 km, 80.9899° East, 44.0318° North. Event id: us6000ph05. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000ph05.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Kazakhstan (c. 15 340 000 pop). The epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Zharkent (c. 34 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Zharkent (min 5000 pop).
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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 9 km ESE of Huocheng, China.
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