A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Yilkiqi in China on Sunday. Global time and date of event 20/12/15 / 2015-12-20 13:47:55 / December 20, 2015 @ 1:47 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 78.1206 East, latitude 37.5954 North, depth = 36.12 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 36.12 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 21:47:55 / 9:47 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us100048gx. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100048gx.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Zangguy (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 67 km (41 miles) from Zangguy (c. 13 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop).
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 twenty-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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 86 km ESE of Yilkiqi, China.
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