A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Layka in China. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us60006qd7. Ids that are associated to the event: us60006qd7. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:49:18 / 8:49 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 78.8626° East, latitude 36.8213° North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/12/19 / 2019-12-12 00:49:18 / December 12, 2019 @ 12:49 am UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Zangguy (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Zangguy (c. 13 000 pop).
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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 82 km WSW of Layka, China.
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