A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Shuanglong in China on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 103.8636 East, latitude 28.6192 North, depth = 16.881 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/04/24 / 2024-04-23 13:54:50 / April 23, 2024 @ 1:54 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:54:50 / 1:54 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us6000mv8u. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mv8u. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 16.881 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Luocheng, Xunchang, Yibin (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Yibin (c. 242 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Luocheng (c. 73 600 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Xunchang (c. 64 600 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 50 km WNW of Shuanglong, China.
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