M4.9 earthquake 28 km NW of Zigong, China
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 28 km NW of Zigong, China on Sun, Feb 24, 2019, 5:38 AM GMT+8 (21:38 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.9 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-02-23 21:38:10 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 29.497° N, 104.538° E
- Region
- China
- Felt reports
- 2
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.9 | mb, body-wave | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.05 · 123 stations |
| 5.12 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.2 |
Did you feel it?
2 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 7.5 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 24°
- Stations used
- 162
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
Earthquakes todayChina earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000jm6f (also filed as iscgem614973486). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 10:56 PM UTC.