A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Yanling in China. The temblor was reported at 02:48:27 / 2:48 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/12/19 / 2019-12-31 18:48:27 / December 31, 2019 @ 6:48 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 42.5 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000709r. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000709r. Exact location of event, longitude 104.715 East, latitude 29.5392 North, depth = 42.5 km.
Nearby country/countries, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Leshan, Yibin, Luocheng (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 23 km (14 miles) from Zigong (c. 690 000 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Neijiang (c. 546 900 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Yibin (c. 242 100 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Leshan (c. 154 500 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Yanjiang (c. 87 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Luocheng (c. 73 600 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Chonglong (c. 58 400 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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. 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: 5 km E of Yanling, China.
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