A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Xunchang in China. Exact location, longitude 104.8618° East, latitude 28.2082° North, depth = 10 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:19:12 / 1:19 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us70003cmh. Event ids that are associated: us70003cmh. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/04/19 / 2019-04-26 17:19:12 / April 26, 2019 @ 5:19 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Yibin (c. 242 100 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Xunchang (c. 64 600 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yibin, Xunchang (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 30 km SSE of Xunchang, China.
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