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Moderate mag. 4.9 earthquake - 50 km southeast of Xunchang, Sichuan, China, on Friday, Sep 3, 2021 at 9:30 pm (GMT +8)

Moderate magnitude 4.9 earthquake at 10 km depth

3 Sep 13:41 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 11 minutes.

Update Fri, 3 Sep 2021, 13:45

Moderate 4.9 quake hits near Xunchang, Sichuan, China

4.9 quake 3 Sep 9:30 pm (GMT +8)

Just 14 minutes ago, a 4.9-magnitude earthquake struck near Xunchang, Sichuan, China. The tremor was recorded in the evening on Friday, September 3rd, 2021, at 9:30 pm local time, at a shallow depth of 10 km below the surface.
The event was filed by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), the first seismological agency to report it.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) which listed the quake at magnitude 4.9 as well.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Xunchang (pop. 64,600) located 50 km from the epicenter, Yibin (pop. 242,100) 81 km away, and Bijie (pop. 77,600) 95 km away.
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Earthquake details

Date & time	Sep 3, 2021 13:30:40 UTC
Local time at epicenter	Friday, Sep 3, 2021 at 9:30 pm (GMT +8)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4.9
Depth	10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	28.14°N / 105.08°E (Sichuan, China)
Antipode	28.14°S / 74.92°W
Shaking intensity	Moderate shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Nearest volcano	###NEARESTVOLCANO2###
Nearby towns and cities	50 km (31 mi) SE of Xunchang (pop: 64,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 81 km (50 mi) SSE of Xuzhou Cheng (pop: 242,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 95 km (59 mi) NNW of Bijie (Guizhou) (pop: 77,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 137 km (85 mi) SSE of Zigong (pop: 1,262,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 157 km (97 mi) SSW of Yongchuan (Chongqing) (pop: 94,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 161 km (100 mi) S of Neijiang (pop: 546,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 172 km (107 mi) SE of Luocheng (pop: 73,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 204 km (127 mi) SE of Leshan (Province de Sichuan) (pop: 154,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 214 km (133 mi) SW of Chongqing (pop: 7,457,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 298 km (185 mi) SSE of Chengdu (pop: 13,568,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Light Rain 22.5°C (72 F), humidity: 79%, wind: 2 m/s (3 kts) from S
Estimated seismic energy released	1.4 x 10¹² joules (392 megawatt hours, equivalent to 338 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
4.9	10 km	Sichuan, China	GFZ
4.9	10 km	EASTERN SICHUAN, CHINA	EMSC
4.9	10 km	40 Km SE of Xunchang, China	USGS
4.8	10 km	Sichuan, China	BMKG

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Seismograms

Seismic station: Son La Vietnam (SLV/RM network) | Distance from quake: 767 km / 477 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Son La Vietnam: vertical movement plot around time of quake (source: IRIS/BUD)

Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Bandpass filter applied: 0.2-5.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

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