M4.8 earthquake 15 km W of Fuyu, China
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 15 km W of Fuyu, China on Sat, May 18, 2019, 6:24 AM GMT+8 (22:24 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-05-17 22:24:52 UTC
- Depth
- 16.4 km (10.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 45.202° N, 124.615° E
- Region
- China
- Felt reports
- 15
- Strongest shaking
- V, moderate shaking
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.8 | mb, body-wave | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.038 · 207 stations |
| 5.02 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
Deaths and damage
From NOAA NCEI’s Significant Earthquake Database (record 10410), matched to this event by time and place.
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 million)
- Houses damaged
- 167
Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
At least 167 houses damaged at Songyuan.
From the USGS event page for us70003mum. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Strongest estimated
- V, moderate shaking
- Peak ground acceleration
- 15.4% of gravity
- Peak ground velocity
- 1.3 cm/s
- Map
- Automatic
Did you feel it?
15 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 7.2 km horizontally, 4.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 30°
- Stations used
- 173
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 0 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
None recorded.
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70003mum (also filed as iscgem615868781). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 7:06 AM UTC.