A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Xunchang in China on Monday. Exact location of event, longitude 104.9189 East, latitude 28.3586 North, depth = 35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/07/19 / 2019-07-22 08:26:41 / July 22, 2019 @ 8:26 am. Event id: us70004qei. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70004qei. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:26:41 / 4:26 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yibin, Xunchang (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 54 km (33 miles) from Yibin (c. 242 100 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Xunchang (c. 64 600 pop). Close 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 22 km ESE of Xunchang, China.
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