A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Junlian in China on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 31.79 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 104.6884 East, latitude 28.0952 North, depth = 31.79 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/03/18 / 2018-03-17 19:31:04 / March 17, 2018 @ 7:31 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000d82k. Unique identifier: us1000d82k. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:31:04 / 3:31 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yibin, Xunchang (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Yibin (c. 242 100 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Xunchang (c. 64 600 pop).
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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 19 km ESE of Junlian, China.
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