A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Kuqa in China on Thursday. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000py37. Unique identifier: us7000py37. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 20.414 km (13 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 20.414 km, 81.885° East, 41.7733° North. The temblor was detected at 21:51:52 / 9:51 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 08/05/25 / 2025-05-08 21:51:52 / May 8, 2025 @ 9:51 pm UTC/GMT.
Event epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Kuche (c. 68 100 pop). Close country/countries, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kuche (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 87 km W of Kuqa, China.
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