A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Fuyu in China on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 27/05/18 / 2018-05-27 17:50:52 / May 27, 2018 @ 5:50 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 124.5572° East, latitude 45.2792° North, depth = 10 km. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:50:52 / 1:50 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us1000eczp. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000eczp.
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 Zhaozhou, Zhaoyuan, Dalai. Epicenter of the event was 23 km (14 miles) from Fuyu (c. 138 700 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Qianguo (c. 113 600 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Dalai (c. 93 300 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Zhaozhou (c. 62 400 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Zhaoyuan (c. 59 400 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. 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: 22 km WNW of Fuyu, China.
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