A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Guyushu in China. Unique identifier: us1000h3ty. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000h3ty. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/09/18 / 2018-09-23 13:22:04 / September 23, 2018 @ 1:22 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 123.5732 East, latitude 42.4393 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 21:22:04 / 9:22 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Xifeng, Sujiatun, Xinmin (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 73 km (45 miles) from Shenyang (c. 6 255 900 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Fushun (c. 1 400 600 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Tieling (c. 333 900 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Dongling (c. 171 500 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Sujiatun (c. 148 100 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Kaiyuan (c. 112 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Xinmin (c. 74 100 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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