A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Yongrong in China on Sunday. Global time and date of event 07/07/24 / 2024-07-07 02:56:43 / July 7, 2024 @ 2:56 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 105.626° East, latitude 29.3328° North, depth = 10 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:56:43 / 2:56 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000mzd6. Unique identifier: us7000mzd6.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 93 km (58 miles) from Chongqing (c. 7 457 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Zigong (c. 690 000 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Neijiang (c. 546 900 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Yongchuan (c. 94 500 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Yudong (c. 81 400 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Jijiang (c. 61 200 pop). Close country/countries, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chongqing, Chonglong, Yudong.
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 has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 3 km WSW of Yongrong, China.
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