A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 274 km SE of Hotan, China (170 miles) on Thursday. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000abn0. Unique identifier: us7000abn0. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 21:17:04 / 9:17 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 82.4497° East, 35.7006° North, depth 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/06/20 / 2020-06-25 21:17:04 / June 25, 2020 @ 9:17 pm.
Each 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 three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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