A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Xuyong in China. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/03/25 / 2025-03-24 11:21:38 / March 24, 2025 @ 11:21 am. The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:21:38 / 11:21 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pm7w. Id of event: us7000pm7w. Exact location, longitude 105.2523° East, latitude 28.0878° North, depth = 10 km.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yibin, Bijie, Xunchang. Event epicenter was 97 km (60 miles) from Yibin (c. 242 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Bijie (c. 77 600 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Xunchang (c. 64 600 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 20 km WSW of Xuyong, China. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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