M 4.8 earthquake – 230 km ENE of Hede, China
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Local time: Apr 25, 2023 · 23:34 (UTC+8)
LightShallow · 10 km
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- Magnitude
- 4.8body-wave magnitude (mb)
- Depth
- 10 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 34.525, 122.592230 km from Hede
- Energy released
- 239 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
- 354USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Nov 17, 2021.
How strong was it?
Light earthquake. It released 239 tons of TNT, 2 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
- 6.6 165 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
- 5.2 53 km E of Dongtai, China Apr 21, 1982
- 5.2 153 km W of Sinan, South Korea Jul 25, 1994