A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Jingui in China. Id of earthquake: us7000pexp. Event ids that are associated: us7000pexp. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/02/25 / 2025-02-20 12:04:37 / February 20, 2025 @ 12:04 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 106.4071° East, 38.487° North, depth 10 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:04:37 / 12:04 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Shizuishan, Shitanjing, Dawukou. Epicenter of the earthquake was 12 km (7 miles) from Yinchuan (c. 475 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Shizuishan (c. 136 600 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Dawukou (c. 131 900 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Shitanjing (c. 78 800 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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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. 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: 1 km SSW of Jingui, China.
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