A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Luocheng in China on Saturday. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pm9x. Unique identifier: us6000pm9x. 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: 25/01/25 / 2025-01-25 08:23:27 / January 25, 2025 @ 8:23 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 104.0537° East, 29.5797° North. The temblor was picked up at 08:23:27 / 8:23 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yanjiang, Chonglong, Zigong (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Zigong (c. 690 000 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Leshan (c. 154 500 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Yanjiang (c. 87 400 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Luocheng (c. 73 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Chonglong (c. 58 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 21 km N of Luocheng, China.
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