M 3.9 earthquake – 35 km ESE of Suzhou, China
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Local time: Nov 30, 2001 · 08:22 (UTC+8)
MinorShallow · 33 km
Reviewed by a seismologist
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- Magnitude
- 3.9local (Richter) magnitude (ml)
- Depth
- 33 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 33.564, 117.34835 km from Suzhou
- Energy released
- 11 tons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- —not estimated
- Aftershocks
- 0M2.5+ within 30 km
- Significance
- 234USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Apr 9, 2000.
How strong was it?
Minor earthquake. It released 11 tons of TNT, 45 times less than a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around China.
- 7.0 24 km W of Heze, China Jul 31, 1937
- 6.7 28 km W of Heze, China Aug 1, 1937
- 6.4 61 km SSW of Wuyang, China Jan 24, 1917
- 5.9 12 km W of Dingtao, China May 29, 1948
- 5.7 24 km W of Heze, China Nov 6, 1983
- 5.5 23 km W of Licheng, China Jul 9, 1979
- 5.5 32 km WNW of Hutang, China Apr 22, 1974
- 5.1 9 km NNE of Bianzhuang, China Sep 20, 1995