A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Naxi in China. Exact location of earthquake, 105.2273° East, 28.9089° North, depth 10 km. Unique identifier: us2000jdmn. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000jdmn. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 21/01/19 / 2019-01-21 13:37:30 / January 21, 2019 @ 1:37 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:37:30 / 9:37 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 65 km (40 miles) from Zigong (c. 690 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Neijiang (c. 546 900 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Yibin (c. 242 100 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Yongchuan (c. 94 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Xunchang (c. 64 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yongchuan, Neijiang, Xunchang (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 20 km NW of Naxi, China. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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