Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Ürümqi in China

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Ürümqi in China. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event id: us7000qb8j. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qb8j. The temblor was detected at 20:47:29 / 8:47 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 07/07/25 / 2025-07-07 20:47:29 / July 7, 2025 @ 8:47 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 87.5612 East, latitude 43.2438 North, depth = 10 km.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yan’an Beilu, Ürümqi. Event epicenter was 62 km (39 miles) from Ürümqi (c. 3 029 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Yan’an Beilu (c. 198 800 pop).

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 four and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 61 km S of Ürümqi, China.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	87.5612° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	43.2438° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	61 km S of Ürümqi, China	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-07-07 20:47:29	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-07-10 15:13:00	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	298	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	32	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	4.626	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.64 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	102	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us7000qb8j	Id of event.
Event Code	7000qb8j	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000qb8j,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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