A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Zhongcheng in China. The temblor was reported at 03:02:55 / 3:02 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). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/09/19 / 2019-09-02 19:02:55 / September 2, 2019 @ 7:02 pm. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 105.2535° East, 28.4144° North. Unique identifier: us70005cw8. Ids that are associated to the event: us70005cw8.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). The epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Yibin (c. 242 100 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Xunchang (c. 64 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yibin, Xunchang (min 5000 pop).
Each 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-seven 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. 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: 12 km N of Zhongcheng, China.
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