A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Dalandzadgad in Mongolia on Friday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/03/25 / 2025-03-21 09:33:46 / March 21, 2025 @ 9:33 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:33:46 / 9:33 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000pljf. Unique identifier: us7000pljf. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 104.0362 East, latitude 43.3913 North, depth = 10 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 37 km (23 miles) from Dalandzadgad (c. 15 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Mongolia (c. 3 087 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Dalandzadgad.
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 in the same area. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 37 km WSW of Dalandzadgad, Mongolia.
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