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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Shaoyang in China


Earthquake location 27.037S, 111.492WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Shaoyang in China on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, 111.492° East, 27.037° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 02:32:09 / 2:32 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/10/25 / 2025-10-03 02:32:09 / October 3, 2025 @ 2:32 am. Unique identifier: us6000rj3g. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rj3g.

Event epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Loudi (c. 150 700 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Lengshuijiang (c. 115 400 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Lengshuitan (c. 88 900 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Shangmei (c. 75 200 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Yongfeng (c. 70 800 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Lianyuan (c. 66 500 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Wuxi (c. 66 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Loudi, Yongfeng, Shangmei.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 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.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 22 km S of Shaoyang, China. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 111.492° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 27.037° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 22 km S of Shaoyang, China Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-10-03 02:32:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-10-24 22:19:45 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 326 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 24 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.674 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.65 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 192 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 us6000rj3g Id of event.
Event Code 6000rj3g An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rj3g, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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