A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Xiaozhongdian in China. 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: 03/09/15 / 2015-09-03 08:30:33 / September 3, 2015 @ 8:30 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 100.2813 East, latitude 27.6512 North, depth = 26.91 km. The temblor was picked up at 16:30:33 / 4:30 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003jnv. Id of event: us20003jnv. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 26.91 km (17 miles).
Close country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). Event epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Lijiang (c. 1 137 600 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Shangri-La (c. 130 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lijiang, Shangri-La.
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 has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 41 km ENE of Xiaozhongdian, China.
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