A earthquake magnitude 6.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 95 kilometers (59 miles) from Yilkiqi in China. The 6.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:07:45 / 9:07 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/07/15 / 2015-07-03 01:07:45 / July 3, 2015 @ 1:07 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us10002n4w. Event ids that are associated: us10002n4w. Exact location of event, longitude 78.1337 East, latitude 37.4689 North, depth = 10 km.
Event epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Zangguy (c. 13 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Zangguy (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 135 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.
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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: 95 km SE of Yilkiqi, China.
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