M 4.6 earthquake – 90 km SSE of Zhangzi, China
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Local time: Apr 28, 2024 · 11:43 (UTC+8)
LightShallow · 10 km
Reviewed by a seismologist
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- Magnitude
- 4.6body-wave magnitude (mb)
- Depth
- 10 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 38.233, 122.935108 km from Weihai
- Energy released
- 120 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
- 326USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Aug 23, 2023.
How strong was it?
Light earthquake. It released 120 tons of TNT, 4 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 6 km E of Dashiqiao, China Feb 4, 1975
- 6.9 106 km NW of Longgang, China Jul 18, 1969
- 6.6 27 km WSW of Langtoucun, China Dec 19, 1944
- 6.3 104 km ESE of Qingshancun, China Aug 22, 1932
- 6.3 35 km SSE of Pulandian, China Oct 2, 1945
- 6.3 3 km ENE of Chunghwa, North Korea Mar 19, 1952
- 6.2 5 km ESE of Laizhou, China Jan 10, 1907
- 6.2 24 km NNW of Weihai, China May 23, 1948