A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Bishan in China. Global time and date of event 16/08/25 / 2025-08-16 19:30:49 / August 16, 2025 @ 7:30 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 13.2 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 107.094 East, latitude 30.6523 North, depth = 13.2 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000qv8y. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qv8y. The temblor was detected at 19:30:49 / 7:30 pm (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 96 km (59 miles) from Gaoping (c. 204 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Dazhou (c. 130 700 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gaoping, Dazhou.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 37 km WSW of Bishan, China.

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