A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Gongjing in China. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 41.57 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us1000h3c0. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000h3c0. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/09/18 / 2018-09-21 01:52:03 / September 21, 2018 @ 1:52 am UTC/GMT. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:52:03 / 9:52 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 104.5994° East, latitude 29.3957° North, depth = 41.57 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 18 km (11 miles) from Zigong (c. 690 000 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Neijiang (c. 546 900 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Yibin (c. 242 100 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Leshan (c. 154 500 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Yanjiang (c. 87 400 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Luocheng (c. 73 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Leshan, Yanjiang, Yibin (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 12 km WNW of Gongjing, China. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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