A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Yanling in China. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000705k. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000705k. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 104.6921 East, latitude 29.4988 North, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 30/12/19 / 2019-12-30 01:24:57 / December 30, 2019 @ 1:24 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 09:24:57 / 9:24 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Leshan, Yibin, Yanjiang (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 19 km (12 miles) from Zigong (c. 690 000 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Neijiang (c. 546 900 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Yibin (c. 242 100 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Leshan (c. 154 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Yanjiang (c. 87 400 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Luocheng (c. 73 600 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop).
Every 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 eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 4 km SE of Yanling, China. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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