A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, Southern Qinghai, China (0 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/01/25 / 2025-01-08 13:05:11 / January 8, 2025 @ 1:05 pm. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 97.4589° East, 34.8484° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event id: us6000pikm. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pikm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:05:11 / 1:05 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: Southern Qinghai, China.
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