A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Changning in China. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700049qz. Id of event: us700049qz. Exact location of event, longitude 104.8625 East, latitude 28.5132 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred 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). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/07/19 / 2019-07-04 02:17:58 / July 4, 2019 @ 2:17 am. The temblor was reported at 10:17:58 / 10:17 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Zigong, Yibin, Xunchang (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 92 km (57 miles) from Zigong (c. 690 000 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Yibin (c. 242 100 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Xunchang (c. 64 600 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.
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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: 9 km SW of Changning, China.
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