Moderate mag. 5.6 earthquake - Yunnan, China on Friday, 5 December 2014
Moderado terremoto magnitud 5.6 - 128 km SW of Jianshui, Yunnan, China, viernes, 05 dic. 2014
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Moderate magnitude 5.6 earthquake at 10 km depth
5 Dec 18:51 UTC: Primero en informar: GFZ después de 7 minutos.
Dec 5 20:10: Magnitud recalculada de 5.2 a 5.6.
Dec 5 20:10: Magnitud recalculada de 5.2 a 5.6.
Magnitud: 5.6
Profundidad: 10.0 km
Epicentro latitud / longitud: 23.38°N / 100.43°E
(Yunnan, China)Nearby towns and cities:
128 km al SO de Jianshui (pop: 490,000) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
158 km al NNO de Jinghong (pop: 62,100) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
227 km al SO de Longquan (pop: 91,500) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
241 km al OSO de Yuxi (pop: 103,800) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
246 km al S de Dali (pop: 134,000) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
268 km al SO de Haikou (pop: 112,600) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
270 km al SO de Lianran (pop: 106,800) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
278 km al O de Gejiu (pop: 136,100) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
297 km al SO de Kunming (pop: 3,855,300) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
2372 km al SO de Pekín (Beijing) (pop: 11,716,600) --> ¡Vea sismos cercanos!
Fuente primaria de datos: GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Energía liberada estimada: 1.6 x 1013 joules (4.4 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 3788 tons of TNT or 0.2 atomic bombs!) More info
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| Magnitud | Profundidad | Ubicación | Fuente |
| M 5.6 | 10 km | Yunnan, China | GFZ |
| M 5.3 | 10 km | YUNNAN, CHINA | EMSC |
| M 5.4 | 8.2 km | 21km WSW of Weiyuan, China | USGS |
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Aftershocks of the M 5.6 terremoto: 128 km al suroeste de Jianshui, Yunnan, China Fri, 5 Dec 2014 18:43
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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (2 quakes):- 07 Dec 2014 09:23 UTC| M 4.6 |10 km (6.2 mi) depth|15 km (9 mi) distance| USGS | Details
- 06 Dec 2014 10:20 UTC| M 5.5 |8 km (5 mi) depth|2 km (2 mi) distance| GFZ | Details
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