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Light earthquake, 4 mag has occurred near Qingyuan in China

Posted by admin on June 23, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 23.84S, 112.9903WA light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Qingyuan in China. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 112.9903° East, 23.84° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 10:48:49 / 10:48 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000qlya. Unique identifier: us6000qlya. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/06/25 / 2025-06-23 10:48:49 / June 23, 2025 @ 10:48 am.

Epicenter of the event was 85 km (53 miles) from Guangzhou (c. 11 071 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Sanshui (c. 153 700 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Qingyuan (c. 151 300 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Huaicheng (c. 89 300 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 Guangzhou, Huaicheng, Sanshui.

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 one 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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: 16 km NNW of Qingyuan, China. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 112.9903° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 23.84° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 16 km NNW of Qingyuan, China Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-06-23 10:48:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-06-23 14:20:10 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 246 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 23 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.969 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.72 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 115 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000qlya Id of event.
Event Code 6000qlya An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qlya, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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