A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Xunchang in China on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 26.9 km (17 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000dhrr. Event ids that are associated: us6000dhrr. Global time and date of event 15/02/21 / 2021-02-15 08:23:15 / February 15, 2021 @ 8:23 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 104.9006 East, latitude 28.2124 North, depth = 26.9 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:23:15 / 8:23 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yibin, Xunchang. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). Event epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Yibin (c. 242 100 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Xunchang (c. 64 600 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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: 32 km SE of Xunchang, China.
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