A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Yanling in China. Exact location of event, longitude 104.5953 East, latitude 29.4748 North, depth = 10 km. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:40:27 / 8:40 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 25/02/19 / 2019-02-25 00:40:27 / February 25, 2019 @ 12:40 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us2000jmlw. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000jmlw.
Epicenter of the event was 23 km (14 miles) from Zigong (c. 690 000 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Neijiang (c. 546 900 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Yibin (c. 242 100 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Leshan (c. 154 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Yanjiang (c. 87 400 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Luocheng (c. 73 600 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Chonglong (c. 58 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Leshan, Yibin, Yanjiang (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 8 km SW of Yanling, China.
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