M 4.2 earthquake – 35 km NW of Chaohu, China
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Local time: Sep 14, 2024 · 05:12 (UTC+8)
LightShallow · 10 km
Reviewed by a seismologist
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- Magnitude
- 4.2body-wave magnitude (mb)
- Depth
- 10 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 31.861, 117.65435 km from Hefei
- Energy released
- 30 tons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- —not estimated
- Aftershocks
- 1M2.5+ within 30 km, up to 60 days
- Significance
- 271USGS score, 0–1,000+
The strongest here since 2021
The last earthquake at least as strong within 300 km struck on Dec 22, 2021.
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.
Aftershocks
1 earthquakes of M2.5+ within 30 km in the 60 days after.
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around China.
- 6.6 20 km WNW of Zhicheng, China Dec 1, 1921
- 6.4 61 km SSW of Wuyang, China Jan 24, 1917
- 6.1 24 km NE of Macheng, China Apr 6, 1932
- 5.8 26 km W of Huangmei, China Feb 22, 1917
- 5.5 23 km W of Licheng, China Jul 9, 1979
- 5.5 32 km WNW of Hutang, China Apr 22, 1974
- 5.0 80 km SSW of Lu’an, China Mar 11, 1973
- 5.0 75 km SSW of Lu’an, China Mar 11, 1973