A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Yilkiqi in China. The temblor was picked up at 21:23:48 / 9:23 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 39.38 km, 78.1031° East, 37.4745° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/07/15 / 2015-07-24 13:23:48 / July 24, 2015 @ 1:23 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us20002zuu. Ids that are associated to the event: us20002zuu. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 39.38 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 62 km (39 miles) from Zangguy (c. 13 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Zangguy.
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 92 km SE of Yilkiqi, China.
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