A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Linqiong in China on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 103.2132 East, latitude 30.483 North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70003fk8. Id of event: us70003fk8. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 02/05/19 / 2019-05-02 07:57:58 / May 2, 2019 @ 7:57 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 15:57:58 / 3:57 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 84 km (52 miles) from Chengdu (c. 7 415 600 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Tianpeng (c. 60 800 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from Linqiong (c. 55 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tianpeng, Chengdu, Linqiong. Country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 was reported nearby.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 24 km WNW of Linqiong, China. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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