A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Zhongcheng in China. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 104.984 East, latitude 28.2704 North, depth = 10 km. 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: 09/11/19 / 2019-11-09 22:46:52 / November 9, 2019 @ 10:46 pm. The temblor was reported at 06:46:52 / 6:46 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us600069tw. Ids that are associated to the event: us600069tw.
Country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yibin, Xunchang (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 65 km (41 miles) from Yibin (c. 242 100 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Xunchang (c. 64 600 pop).
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 thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 24 km W of Zhongcheng, China.
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