A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Kuqa in China. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:42:34 / 11:42 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 83.7069° East, 41.3935° North, depth 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pbcv. Id of event: us7000pbcv. Global time and date of event 04/02/25 / 2025-02-04 23:42:34 / February 4, 2025 @ 11:42 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kuche. Epicenter of the event was 74 km (46 miles) from Kuche (c. 68 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop).
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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. 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: 74 km ESE of Kuqa, China.
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