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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Xunchang in China


Earthquake location 28.1256S, 105.008WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Xunchang in China. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/01/21 / 2021-01-21 19:34:30 / January 21, 2021 @ 7:34 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000d26x. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000d26x. The temblor was reported at 19:34:30 / 7:34 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 38.97 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 105.008° East, 28.1256° North, depth 38.97 km.

Close country/countries, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Yibin (c. 242 100 pop), 96 km (59 miles) from Bijie (c. 77 600 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Xunchang (c. 64 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bijie, Yibin, Xunchang (min 5000 pop).

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 twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 46 km SE of Xunchang, China.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 105.008° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 28.1256° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 38.97 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 46 km SE of Xunchang, China Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-01-21 19:34:30 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-01-21 20:31:21 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 312 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.469 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.77 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 43 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000d26x Id of event.
Event Code 7000d26x An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000d26x, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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