A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Shaoyang in China on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, 111.492° East, 27.037° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 02:32:09 / 2:32 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/10/25 / 2025-10-03 02:32:09 / October 3, 2025 @ 2:32 am. Unique identifier: us6000rj3g. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rj3g.

Event epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Loudi (c. 150 700 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Lengshuijiang (c. 115 400 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Lengshuitan (c. 88 900 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Shangmei (c. 75 200 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Yongfeng (c. 70 800 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Lianyuan (c. 66 500 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Wuxi (c. 66 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, China (c. 1 330 044 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Loudi, Yongfeng, Shangmei.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 was reported nearby.

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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: 22 km S of Shaoyang, China. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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