A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Jinhua in China on Wednesday. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 99.9481° East, 26.3479° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000puj0. Id of event: us7000puj0. The temblor was reported at 16:09:01 / 4:09 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 23/04/25 / 2025-04-23 16:09:01 / April 23, 2025 @ 4:09 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Lijiang (c. 1 137 600 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Dali (c. 134 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Dali, Lijiang.
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 has occurred nearby.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 21 km S of Jinhua, China.
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