A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Qifo in China. The earthquake was roughly 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). Id of earthquake: us70006rbi. Event ids that are associated: us70006rbi. Exact location, longitude 105.2109° East, latitude 32.3066° North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 03:24:55 / 3:24 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/12/19 / 2019-12-26 19:24:55 / December 26, 2019 @ 7:24 pm.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jiangyou, Guangyuan (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 59 km (37 miles) from Guangyuan (c. 213 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Jiangyou (c. 127 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 6 km W of Qifo, China. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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