A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Junlian in China on Monday. Exact location of event, longitude 104.8294 East, latitude 28.1246 North, depth = 10 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:37:13 / 9:37 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/04/20 / 2020-04-27 01:37:13 / April 27, 2020 @ 1:37 am. Event id: us700097q5. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700097q5. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Yibin (c. 242 100 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Xunchang (c. 64 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yibin, Xunchang.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 31 km E of Junlian, China.
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