M 4.2 earthquake – 23 km E of Tangping, China
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Local time: Nov 4, 2023 · 19:24 (UTC+8)
LightShallow · 10 km
Reviewed by a seismologist
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- Magnitude
- 4.2body-wave magnitude (mb)
- Depth
- 10 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 22.004, 112.1596.0 km from Nalong
- Energy released
- 30 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
- 271USGS score, 0–1,000+
The strongest here since 2019
The last earthquake at least as strong within 300 km struck on Oct 12, 2019.
How strong was it?
Light earthquake. It released 30 tons of TNT, 16 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.
- 5.7 17 km SW of Yangjiang, China Jul 25, 1969
- 4.9 31 km S of Babu, China Jul 31, 2016
- 4.7 35 km ESE of Yangjiang, China Sep 18, 1989
- 4.6 44 km ESE of Yashan, China Oct 12, 2019
- 4.4 44 km WSW of Yangjiang, China Sep 16, 2004
- 4.3 233 km E of Wenchang, China Nov 2, 2016
- 4.2 3 km ESE of Xucheng, China Nov 21, 2015
- 4.0 13 km N of Qingyuan, China Jun 23, 2025