A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Yangmingbu in China. The temblor was picked up at 04:49:48 / 4:49 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 112.9221° East, latitude 38.8886° North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us20005ial. Ids that are associated to the event: us20005ial. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/04/16 / 2016-04-06 20:49:48 / April 6, 2016 @ 8:49 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Earthquake epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Xinzhou (c. 154 000 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Yuanping (c. 82 900 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Xinzhou, Yuanping.
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 occurred nearby. 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.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 14 km SSE of Yangmingbu, China.
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