A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Xunchang in China. Exact location, longitude 104.816° East, latitude 28.4214° North, depth = 35 km. The temblor was detected at 06:17:25 / 6:17 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qkmg. Id of event: us6000qkmg. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/05/25 / 2025-05-31 06:17:25 / May 31, 2025 @ 6:17 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 43 km (27 miles) from Yibin (c. 242 100 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Xunchang (c. 64 600 pop). Nearby 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 Yibin, Xunchang.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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 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: 10 km ESE of Xunchang, China.
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