A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Xunchang in China. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 104.8979° East, latitude 28.2976° North, depth = 10 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:25:38 / 8:25 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000616j. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000616j. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/10/19 / 2019-10-21 00:25:38 / October 21, 2019 @ 12:25 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 59 km (36 miles) from Yibin (c. 242 100 pop), 25 km (16 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 24 km SE of Xunchang, China.
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