M4.2 earthquake near Bayan Hot, Inner Mongolia

What happened

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 126 km W of Yinchuan, China on 1 Dec 2017, 17:31 UTC at a depth of 10 km.

Earthquakes of this size are classed as Light. Widely felt nearby; objects may shake or fall. Significant damage is unusual. This was a shallow earthquake, which tends to be felt more strongly at the surface.

The nearest town in our records is Bayan Hot, about 74 km away in Inner Mongolia, China.