A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Zhongcheng in China. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 01:09:42 / 1:09 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 104.9851 East, latitude 28.2208 North, depth = 32.67 km. Id of earthquake: us70006vts. Event ids that are associated: us70006vts. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 32.67 km (20 miles). Global time and date of event 07/01/20 / 2020-01-07 17:09:42 / January 7, 2020 @ 5:09 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yibin, Xunchang (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 70 km (44 miles) from Yibin (c. 242 100 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Xunchang (c. 64 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 have been detected nearby.
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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 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: 25 km WSW of Zhongcheng, China.
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