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Light earthquake: M4.7 quake has struck near Shuanglong in China


Earthquake location 28.2381S, 104.0257WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Shuanglong in China. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:18:33 / 5:18 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us6000ru7i. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000ru7i. Global time and date of event 11/12/25 / 2025-12-11 17:18:33 / December 11, 2025 @ 5:18 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 16.389 km (10 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 104.0257° East, 28.2381° North, depth 16.389 km.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yibin, Xunchang. Epicenter of the earthquake was 83 km (52 miles) from Yibin (c. 242 100 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Xunchang (c. 64 600 pop).

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 ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 104.0257° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 28.2381° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 16.389 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 39 km SW of Shuanglong, China Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-12-11 17:18:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-12-11 17:59:40 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 340 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 55 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 5.191 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.72 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 59 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 us6000ru7i Id of event.
Event Code 6000ru7i An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000ru7i, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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