A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Qiaowa in China. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/12/16 / 2016-12-24 23:26:08 / December 24, 2016 @ 11:26 pm. Unique identifier: us10007mkd. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007mkd. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 101.6453° East, 28.0648° North. The temblor was reported at 07:26:08 / 7:26 am (local time epicenter). 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).
Epicenter of the event was 64 km (39 miles) from Xichang (c. 126 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Xichang (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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.
Questions or comments?
What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 39 km ENE of Qiaowa, China.
Copyright © 2016 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply