A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Junlian in China. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us70004mdg. Event ids that are associated: us70004mdg. Global time and date of event 07/07/19 / 2019-07-07 16:37:39 / July 7, 2019 @ 4:37 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 104.8509 East, latitude 28.1516 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 00:37:39 / 12:37 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yibin, Xunchang (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Yibin (c. 242 100 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Xunchang (c. 64 600 pop). Close country/countries, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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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: 33 km E of Junlian, China.
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