A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Xunchang in China on Sunday. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 104.7676° East, 28.2007° North. Unique identifier: us70009dmy. Ids that are associated to the event: us70009dmy. 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) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/05/20 / 2020-05-10 07:42:29 / May 10, 2020 @ 7:42 am. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:42:29 / 7:42 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 64 km (40 miles) from Yibin (c. 242 100 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Xunchang (c. 64 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yibin, Xunchang (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 28 km S of Xunchang, China.
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