A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Huoshilafu in China. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:00:05 / 8:00 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pbbc. Id of event: us7000pbbc. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 76.4607° East, 38.2135° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 04/02/25 / 2025-02-04 20:00:05 / February 4, 2025 @ 8:00 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Shache (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Shache (c. 82 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 43 km NNW of Huoshilafu, China.
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