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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag was detected near Zhaotong in China

Posted by admin on October 11, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 27.1032S, 103.4597WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Zhaotong in China. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/10/25 / 2025-10-11 03:18:16 / October 11, 2025 @ 3:18 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rgi0. Unique identifier: us6000rgi0. The temblor was detected at 03:18:16 / 3:18 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 103.4597 East, latitude 27.1032 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Weining, Zhaotong (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 35 km (22 miles) from Zhaotong (c. 109 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Weining (c. 56 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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: 34 km SW of Zhaotong, China. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 103.4597° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 27.1032° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 34 km SW of Zhaotong, China Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-10-11 03:18:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-10-11 03:38:22 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 416 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 49 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 6.783 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.16 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 50 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 us6000rgi0 Id of event.
Event Code 6000rgi0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rgi0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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