A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Yibin in China. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 15:25:36 / 3:25 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us70005cng. Unique identifier: us70005cng. Exact location of earthquake, 104.7507° East, 28.6893° North, depth 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/09/19 / 2019-09-06 07:25:36 / September 6, 2019 @ 7:25 am.
Epicenter of the event was 73 km (45 miles) from Zigong (c. 690 000 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Yibin (c. 242 100 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Xunchang (c. 64 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Zigong, Xunchang, Yibin (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 15 km SE of Yibin, China. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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