A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Aral 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 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 80.5026° East, 40.4132° North, depth 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 06:30:02 / 6:30 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pl22. Id of event: us6000pl22. Exact time and date of earthquake 19/01/25 / 2025-01-19 06:30:02 / January 19, 2025 @ 6:30 am UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Yingbazha (c. 340 000 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Aral (c. 260 000 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Aykol (c. 11 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yingbazha, Aykol, Aral (min 5000 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 66 km WSW of Aral, China.
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