A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Huagai in China on Sunday. Exact location of event, longitude 104.4507 East, latitude 31.5084 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 10:14:37 / 10:14 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/05/16 / 2016-05-29 02:14:37 / May 29, 2016 @ 2:14 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005yyl. Id of event: us20005yyl.
Earthquake epicenter was 29 km (18 miles) from Mianyang (c. 264 100 pop), 43 km (26 miles) from Deyang (c. 152 200 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Jiangyou (c. 127 200 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Tianpeng (c. 60 800 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Tongchuan (c. 58 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tongchuan, Tianpeng, Deyang (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 10 km WSW of Huagai, China.
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