M 4.9 earthquake – 15 km NNE of Anqing, China
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Local time: Jan 19, 2011 · 12:07 (UTC+8)
LightShallow · 10 km
Reviewed by a seismologist
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- Magnitude
- 4.9body-wave magnitude (mb)
- Depth
- 10 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 30.650, 117.10016 km from Anqing
- Energy released
- 338 tons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- 11"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- 6.2max. instrumental (MMI)
- Aftershocks
- 0M2.5+ within 30 km
- Significance
- 374USGS score, 0–1,000+
The strongest here since 2005
The last earthquake at least as strong within 300 km struck on Nov 26, 2005.
How strong was it?
Light earthquake. It released 338 tons of TNT, 1.4 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.
- 6.6 20 km WNW of Zhicheng, China Dec 1, 1921
- 6.4 61 km SSW of Wuyang, China Jan 24, 1917
- 6.1 24 km NE of Macheng, China Apr 6, 1932
- 5.8 26 km W of Huangmei, China Feb 22, 1917
- 5.5 23 km W of Licheng, China Jul 9, 1979
- 5.5 32 km WNW of Hutang, China Apr 22, 1974
- 5.2 23 km SSE of Wuxue, China Nov 26, 2005
- 5.0 80 km SSW of Lu’an, China Mar 11, 1973