A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Kalasu in China. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 78.192 East, latitude 38.3074 North, depth = 10 km. Event id: us6000phx5. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000phx5. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/01/25 / 2025-01-04 23:42:53 / January 4, 2025 @ 11:42 pm. The temblor was picked up at 23:42:53 / 11:42 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Shache. Epicenter of the earthquake was 84 km (52 miles) from Shache (c. 82 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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. 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. 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: 60 km E of Kalasu, China.
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