A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Kuqa in China on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/06/25 / 2025-06-28 08:24:45 / June 28, 2025 @ 8:24 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 82.422° East, latitude 41.7831° North, depth = 10 km. Event id: us7000q9b3. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000q9b3. The temblor was picked up at 08:24:45 / 8:24 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Kuche (c. 68 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kuche.
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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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: 42 km W of Kuqa, China.
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