M 4.7 earthquake – 18 km SSE of Hede, China
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Local time: Oct 20, 2016 · 04:51 (UTC+8)
LightShallow · 10 km
Reviewed by a seismologist
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- Magnitude
- 4.7body-wave magnitude (mb)
- Depth
- 10 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 33.616, 120.34219 km from Hede
- Energy released
- 169 tons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- 5.5max. instrumental (MMI)
- Aftershocks
- 0M2.5+ within 30 km
- Significance
- 340USGS score, 0–1,000+
The strongest here since 2012
The last earthquake at least as strong within 300 km struck on Jul 20, 2012.
How strong was it?
Light earthquake. It released 169 tons of TNT, 2.8 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.
- 6.6 89 km E of Dazhong, China Feb 3, 1927
- 6.6 20 km WNW of Zhicheng, China Dec 1, 1921
- 6.6 165 km E of Hede, China Jan 8, 1910
- 6.4 102 km E of Dazhong, China Feb 3, 1927
- 6.3 104 km ESE of Qingshancun, China Aug 22, 1932
- 6.0 51 km NE of Juegang, China May 21, 1984
- 5.5 53 km NE of Juegang, China May 21, 1984
- 5.5 23 km W of Licheng, China Jul 9, 1979