A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Linqiong in China. Global time and date of event 12/10/25 / 2025-10-12 07:21:43 / October 12, 2025 @ 7:21 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 103.1367 East, latitude 30.4852 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:21:43 / 7:21 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000rgpt. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rgpt.
Close country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 91 km (57 miles) from Chengdu (c. 7 415 600 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Tianpeng (c. 60 800 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Linqiong (c. 55 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tianpeng, Chengdu, Linqiong (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 32 km WNW of Linqiong, China.
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