A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Yilkiqi in China on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 77.8367° East, latitude 37.4807° North, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 03/07/15 / 2015-07-03 01:31:24 / July 3, 2015 @ 1:31 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 09:31:24 / 9:31 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us10002n58. Event ids that are associated: us10002n58.
Event epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Zangguy (c. 13 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Zangguy.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days four 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.
How would you describe the shaking?
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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 74 km SE of Yilkiqi, China. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
Copyright © 2015 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply