A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Bowangshan in China on Sunday. Exact location of event, longitude 104.901 East, latitude 28.3064 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/03/25 / 2025-03-02 06:23:30 / March 2, 2025 @ 6:23 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000pwej. Event ids that are associated: us6000pwej. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:23:30 / 6:23 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yibin, Xunchang (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 58 km (36 miles) from Yibin (c. 242 100 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from Xunchang (c. 64 600 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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 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: 14 km W of Bowangshan, China.
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