A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Yinchuan in China. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/01/25 / 2025-01-02 02:01:17 / January 2, 2025 @ 2:01 am. The temblor was detected at 02:01:17 / 2:01 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 106.2225 East, latitude 38.4597 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pgzd. Unique identifier: us6000pgzd.
Country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 4 km (3 miles) from Yinchuan (c. 475 100 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Shizuishan (c. 136 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Dawukou (c. 131 900 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Shitanjing (c. 78 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Shizuishan, Shitanjing, Dawukou.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 4 km WSW of Yinchuan, China.
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