A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Xunchang in China. Exact location, longitude 104.8247° East, latitude 28.1899° North, depth = 31.5 km. 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 17:55:12 / 5:55 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 31.5 km (20 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/06/20 / 2020-06-29 17:55:12 / June 29, 2020 @ 5:55 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000aejb. Id of event: us7000aejb.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yibin, Xunchang (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Yibin (c. 242 100 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Xunchang (c. 64 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 31 km SSE of Xunchang, China. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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