A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Chonglong in China on Tuesday. Unique identifier: us7000pn3i. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pn3i. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 11:21:51 / 11:21 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 104.8957 East, latitude 29.7285 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/03/25 / 2025-03-18 11:21:51 / March 18, 2025 @ 11:21 am.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Luocheng, Yanjiang, Zigong. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Zigong (c. 690 000 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Neijiang (c. 546 900 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Yanjiang (c. 87 400 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Luocheng (c. 73 600 pop), 7 km (4 miles) from Chonglong (c. 58 400 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 two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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: 7 km SE of Chonglong, China.
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