China: Earthquake Magnitude 5.4 - Sichuan-Gansu Border Region

US Geological Survey
Sun, 20 Sep 2009 03:59 UTC

© USGS

Date-Time:
Saturday, September 19, 2009 at 08:54:16 UTC

Saturday, September 19, 2009 at 04:54:16 PM at epicenter

Location:
32.835°N, 105.562°E

Depth:
10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program

Region:
SICHUAN-GANSU BORDER REGION, CHINA

Distances:
50 km (30 miles) NNW of Guangyuan, Sichuan, China

140 km (85 miles) W of Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China

375 km (235 miles) NNW of Chongqing, Chongqing, China

1245 km (780 miles) SW of BEIJING, Beijing, China

Location Uncertainty:
horizontal +/- 4.4 km (2.7 miles); depth fixed by location program

Parameters:
NST=118, Nph=118, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=0.8 sec, Gp= 54°,
M-type=body wave magnitude (Mb), Version=8

Source:
USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID:
us2009ltan

This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.