A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Yilkiqi in China. Exact location of event, longitude 77.8015 East, latitude 37.5369 North, depth = 35 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/02/16 / 2016-02-29 18:38:02 / February 29, 2016 @ 6:38 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:38:02 / 2:38 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us10004ufn. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004ufn. The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles).
The epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Zangguy (c. 13 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Zangguy. Close country/countries, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 67 km SE of Yilkiqi, China.
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