A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 81 km E of Qumong, China (50 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 15.15 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 98.9654 East, latitude 32.9878 North, depth = 15.15 km. Unique identifier: us60007dwi. Ids that are associated to the event: us60007dwi. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:30:38 / 11:30 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/01/20 / 2020-01-23 15:30:38 / January 23, 2020 @ 3:30 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 81 km E of Qumong, China. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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