A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Kuqa in China on Wednesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000px0n. Id of event: us6000px0n. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 82.6633 East, latitude 42.0708 North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/03/25 / 2025-03-05 10:53:38 / March 5, 2025 @ 10:53 am. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:53:38 / 10:53 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 44 km (28 miles) from Kuche (c. 68 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kuche. Nearby country/countries, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 two and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 45 km NNW of Kuqa, China.
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