A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Kuqa in China on Tuesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/01/25 / 2025-01-28 04:16:08 / January 28, 2025 @ 4:16 am. The temblor was detected at 04:16:08 / 4:16 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 83.6375° East, latitude 41.4039° North, depth = 10 km. Event id: us6000pmq8. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pmq8. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Kuche (c. 68 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kuche (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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: 68 km ESE of Kuqa, China. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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