The 4.2 magnitude earthquake in Lin’an, Hangzhou is the largest earthquake in the past five years.
Beijing News News (reporter Wang Shuo) according to the official measurement of China Earthquake Network, a 4.2-magnitude earthquake occurred in Lin’an city, Hangzhou, Zhejiang province at 2:25 today (April 12), with a focal depth of 15 kilometers and an epicenter at 30.08 degrees NORTH LATITUDE, 119.34 degrees east longitude. After the earthquake occurred, the earthquake administration of Zhejiang province launched an emergency response to the earthquake and sent an on-site task force to the scene. At present, there are no reports of casualties and house collapse.
According to the earthquake administration of Zhejiang province, the epicenter was located between Heqiao town and Qianchuan Town in Lin’an city. The epicenter was 41 kilometers away from Lin’an City. When the earthquake occurred, Lin’an city, Chun’an county, Fuyang district, Tonglu county, Jiande City and other places in Hangzhou city felt the earthquake.
It is understood that Zhejiang province is a region with few earthquakes in China. According to the quick report catalogue of China seismic network, there have been 4 earthquakes of magnitude 3 or more in the past 5 years within 200 kilometers around the epicenter. The biggest earthquake is this earthquake. However, the reporter combed the earthquake situation in Zhejiang province in recent years and found that the earthquake in Zhejiang province in recent years mostly occurred in the border of Wenzhou Wencheng-Taishun, with the magnitude of about 2, in recent years, the largest time in this area is October 25, 2014, with the same magnitude of 4.2.
The provincial earthquake situation of the earthquake administration of Zhejiang province also showed that since January this year, Pan’an county, Jinhua city, Zhejiang province, had 9 “small earthquakes” successively, with a magnitude of about 2, of which 5 occurred successively on February 12 and 13, the largest earthquake was a 3.5 magnitude earthquake on February 13.
Beijing News News (reporter Wang Shuo) according to the official measurement of China Earthquake Network, a 4.2-magnitude earthquake occurred in Lin’an city, Hangzhou, Zhejiang province at 2:25 today (April 12), with a focal depth of 15 kilometers and an epicenter at 30.08 degrees NORTH LATITUDE, east longitude 11