M 5.4 earthquake – 54 km E of Datong, China
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Local time: Oct 19, 1989 · 02:20 (UTC+8)
ModerateShallow · 11 km
Reviewed by a seismologist
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- Magnitude
- 5.4moment magnitude (mw)
- Depth
- 11 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 40.046, 113.92754 km from Datong
- Energy released
- 1.9 kilotons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- —not estimated
- Aftershocks
- 3M2.5+ within 30 km, up to 60 days
- Significance
- 449USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Oct 18, 1989.
How strong was it?
Moderate earthquake. It released 1.9 kilotons of TNT, 4 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
Aftershocks
3 earthquakes of M2.5+ within 30 km in the 60 days after.
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around China.
- 6.8 34 km NW of Nangong, China Mar 22, 1966
- 6.2 35 km WNW of Nangong, China Mar 22, 1966
- 6.1 28 km NW of Cangzhou, China Mar 27, 1967
- 6.0 28 km WSW of Hohhot, China Jan 13, 1929
- 6.0 24 km S of Xinji, China Mar 26, 1966
- 6.0 24 km SSW of Xinji, China Mar 26, 1966
- 5.9 9 km WSW of Xinji, China Dec 2, 1967
- 5.8 21 km NW of Hengshui, China Jan 15, 1968
In the week before
Earthquakes within 30 km in the 7 days before this one: possible foreshocks.