A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Changning in China on Thursday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:04:42 / 5:04 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 23/04/20 / 2020-04-23 09:04:42 / April 23, 2020 @ 9:04 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 104.8824 East, latitude 28.5287 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us60009agx. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60009agx.
Country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Zigong, Yibin, Xunchang. Epicenter of the event was 91 km (57 miles) from Zigong (c. 690 000 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Yibin (c. 242 100 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Xunchang (c. 64 600 pop).
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 fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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 SW of Changning, China. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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