A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Datong in China on Thursday. 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, longitude 113.2141 East, latitude 39.4825 North, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 03/04/25 / 2025-04-03 01:53:20 / April 3, 2025 @ 1:53 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us6000q5yi. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000q5yi. The temblor was picked up at 01:53:20 / 1:53 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Datong (c. 1 052 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Datong (min 5000 pop). Close 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 two 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 68 km S of Datong, China. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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