A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 37 km NNW of Maindong, China (23 miles) on Thursday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 22/06/16 / 2016-06-22 20:23:52 / June 22, 2016 @ 8:23 pm UTC/GMT. 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: us200067il. Id of event: us200067il. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 85.1956° East, 31.618° North. The temblor was detected at 04:23:52 / 4:23 am (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 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.
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