A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Junlian in China. Global time and date of event 09/04/20 / 2020-04-09 01:14:25 / April 9, 2020 @ 1:14 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us70008xlf. Ids that are associated to the event: us70008xlf. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:14:25 / 9:14 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 104.6792 East, latitude 28.1639 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Yibin (c. 242 100 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Xunchang (c. 64 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yibin, Xunchang (min 5000 pop).
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 fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 16 km E of Junlian, China. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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