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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Yingjiang in China

Posted by admin on December 25, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 24.8622S, 97.8918WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Yingjiang in China on Thursday. The temblor was reported at 15:19:41 / 3:19 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000rkqh. Event ids that are associated: us7000rkqh. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/12/25 / 2025-12-25 15:19:41 / December 25, 2025 @ 3:19 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 97.8918 East, latitude 24.8622 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.

The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Myitkyina (c. 90 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Myanmar (c. 53 414 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Myitkyina (min 5000 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 17 km NNW of Yingjiang, China.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 97.8918° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 24.8622° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 17 km NNW of Yingjiang, China Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-12-25 15:19:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-12-25 17:05:57 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 298 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 25 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.888 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.74 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 169 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 us7000rkqh Id of event.
Event Code 7000rkqh An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000rkqh, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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