M 4.8 earthquake – 48 km NE of Dengzhou, China
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Local time: Sep 18, 1997 · 14:32 (UTC+8)
LightShallow · 33 km
Reviewed by a seismologist
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- Magnitude
- 4.8body-wave magnitude (mb)
- Depth
- 33 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 38.075, 121.19649 km from Dengzhou
- 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+
The strongest here since 1991
The last earthquake at least as strong within 300 km struck on May 29, 1991.
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.
- 7.4 6 km SW of Linxi, China Jul 28, 1976
- 6.9 106 km NW of Longgang, China Jul 18, 1969
- 6.3 27 km SW of Changli, China Sep 23, 1945
- 6.3 104 km ESE of Qingshancun, China Aug 22, 1932
- 6.3 35 km SSE of Pulandian, China Oct 2, 1945
- 6.2 5 km ESE of Laizhou, China Jan 10, 1907
- 6.2 24 km NNW of Weihai, China May 23, 1948
- 6.0 58 km SSW of Yingkou, China Aug 5, 1940