A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Xunchang in China. Event id: us70004iyh. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70004iyh. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 104.8733° East, 28.4031° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/07/19 / 2019-07-03 22:45:20 / July 3, 2019 @ 10:45 pm. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:45:20 / 6:45 am (local time epicenter). 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).
Close country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). Event epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) from Yibin (c. 242 100 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Xunchang (c. 64 600 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 16 km ESE of Xunchang, China. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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