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Light earthquake: M4.5 quake has struck near Qingnian in China

Posted by admin on December 11, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 36.7033S, 115.5853WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Qingnian in China on Wednesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 20:06:59 / 8:06 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/12/25 / 2025-12-10 20:06:59 / December 10, 2025 @ 8:06 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 115.5853° East, 36.7033° North, depth 10 km. Unique identifier: us6000rtzi. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rtzi. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pingyin, Nangong, Yanggu (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 45 km (28 miles) from Liaocheng (c. 226 900 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Qingnian (c. 110 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Nangong (c. 82 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Yanta (c. 79 200 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Yanggu (c. 74 700 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Pingyin (c. 62 100 pop).

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

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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. 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: 18 km SW of Qingnian, China.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 115.5853° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.7033° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 18 km SW of Qingnian, China Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-12-10 20:06:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-12-11 14:39:58 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 312 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 41 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.342 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.83 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 72 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 us6000rtzi Id of event.
Event Code 6000rtzi An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rtzi, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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