A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Xuyong in China. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nxlt. Id of event: us6000nxlt. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/10/24 / 2024-10-09 17:52:51 / October 9, 2024 @ 5:52 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 105.2507° East, 28.0928° North, depth 10 km. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:52:51 / 5:52 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yibin, Bijie, Xunchang (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 97 km (60 miles) from Yibin (c. 242 100 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Bijie (c. 77 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Xunchang (c. 64 600 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 was reported nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 19 km WSW of Xuyong, China. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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