A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Neijiang in China on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 105.0642 East, latitude 29.5729 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 06:42:14 / 6:42 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 07/09/19 / 2019-09-07 22:42:14 / September 7, 2019 @ 10:42 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us70005dar. Event ids that are associated: us70005dar. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Event epicenter was 38 km (24 miles) from Zigong (c. 690 000 pop), 1 km (1 miles) from Neijiang (c. 546 900 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Yibin (c. 242 100 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Yongchuan (c. 94 500 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Yanjiang (c. 87 400 pop), 102 km (64 miles) from Luocheng (c. 73 600 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Chonglong (c. 58 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Luocheng, Yibin, Yongchuan (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 1 km S of Neijiang, China. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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