A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Zhongcheng in China. The epicenter was at a depth of 27.34 km (17 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 104.9907° East, 28.2635° North, depth 27.34 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000iu11. Id of event: us2000iu11. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 16/12/18 / 2018-12-16 04:46:11 / December 16, 2018 @ 4:46 am UTC/GMT. The 5.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:46:11 / 12:46 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 66 km (41 miles) from Yibin (c. 242 100 pop), 111 km (69 miles) from Bijie (c. 77 600 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Xunchang (c. 64 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bijie, Yibin, Xunchang (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop).
There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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.
Did you feel anything?
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. 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: 24 km WSW of Zhongcheng, China.
Copyright © 2018 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply