A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Chonglong in China on Monday. The temblor was picked up at 07:35:08 / 7:35 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us600044yj. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us600044yj. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/06/19 / 2019-06-23 23:35:08 / June 23, 2019 @ 11:35 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 105.0694 East, latitude 29.9325 North, depth = 10 km. 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).
Epicenter of the event was 72 km (44 miles) from Zigong (c. 690 000 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Neijiang (c. 546 900 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Suining (c. 124 900 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Yanjiang (c. 87 400 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Chonglong (c. 58 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Suining, Zigong, Yanjiang (min 5000 pop).
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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 26 km NE of Chonglong, China. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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