A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Changning in China. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us600041ry. Id of event: us600041ry. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/06/19 / 2019-06-17 14:55:45 / June 17, 2019 @ 2:55 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 22:55:45 / 10:55 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 104.9796° East, 28.4141° North, depth 10 km.
Nearby country/countries, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 105 km (65 miles) from Zigong (c. 690 000 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Yibin (c. 242 100 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Xunchang (c. 64 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Zigong, Yibin, Xunchang (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 19 km SSE of Changning, China.
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