A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Yichang in China. Exact location of event, longitude 111.4348 East, latitude 31.2784 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 16:25:01 / 4:25 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/06/25 / 2025-06-26 16:25:01 / June 26, 2025 @ 4:25 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000q8yg. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000q8yg.
Nearby country/countries, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 64 km (40 miles) from Yichang (c. 476 700 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Jingmen (c. 167 800 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Nanzhang Chengguanzhen (c. 83 600 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Yicheng (c. 61 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Yicheng, Jingmen, Nanzhang Chengguanzhen (min 5000 pop).
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. Each 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 64 km NNE of Yichang, China. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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