A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Qamdo in China. Exact location of event, longitude 96.6006 East, latitude 30.863 North, depth = 30.607 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/07/25 / 2025-07-20 21:15:27 / July 20, 2025 @ 9:15 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qxf0. Id of event: us6000qxf0. The temblor was picked up at 21:15:27 / 9:15 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 30.607 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Qamdo (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Qamdo (c. 86 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 62 km WSW of Qamdo, China.
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