A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Xunchang in China. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j7ax. Id of event: us2000j7ax. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 04/01/19 / 2019-01-04 07:59:32 / January 4, 2019 @ 7:59 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 104.9121 East, latitude 28.2824 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 15:59:32 / 3:59 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yibin, Xunchang (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Yibin (c. 242 100 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Xunchang (c. 64 600 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 27 km SE of Xunchang, China. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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