M 4.7 earthquake – 7 km W of Heyuan, China
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Local time: Nov 26, 1989 · 01:02 (UTC+8)
LightShallow · 33 km
Reviewed by a seismologist
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- Magnitude
- 4.7local (Richter) magnitude (ml)
- Depth
- 33 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 23.727, 114.6088.0 km from Heyuan
- Energy released
- 169 tons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- 4.3max. instrumental (MMI)
- Aftershocks
- 0M2.5+ within 30 km
- Significance
- 340USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Nov 25, 1989.
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.
- 7.4 7 km S of Huanggang, China Feb 13, 1918
- 6.0 10 km NNW of Heyuan, China Mar 18, 1962
- 5.6 10 km W of Heyuan, China Nov 25, 1989
- 5.0 18 km WNW of Heyuan, China May 4, 1981
- 4.9 87 km NW of Meizhou, China Aug 2, 1987
- 4.8 53 km SE of Huanggang, China Oct 22, 2023
- 4.7 19 km WNW of Heyuan, China Sep 15, 1987
- 4.7 107 km NNW of Meizhou, China Aug 2, 1987
In the week before
Earthquakes within 30 km in the 7 days before this one: possible foreshocks.