A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Changning in China. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 33.02 km (21 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/03/20 / 2020-03-17 02:30:40 / March 17, 2020 @ 2:30 am. The temblor was picked up at 10:30:40 / 10:30 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 104.9092 East, latitude 28.6278 North, depth = 33.02 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us70008gxu. Unique identifier: us70008gxu.
Event epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Zigong (c. 690 000 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Yibin (c. 242 100 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Xunchang (c. 64 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Zigong, Yibin, Xunchang. Nearby country/countries, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 5 km NNW of Changning, China. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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