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A magnitude 3.2 earthquake occurred in Wanzhou District, Chongqing with focal depth of 8 kilometers

A magnitude 3.2 earthquake occurred in Wanzhou District, Chongqing with focal depth of 8 kilometers

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A magnitude 3.2 earthquake occurred in Wanzhou District Chongqing with focal depth of 8 kilometers

report parameters: According to the official measurement of China Earthquake Network, an earthquake of magnitude 3.2 occurred in Wanzhou District, Chongqing at 23:54 on November 16, with a focal depth of 8 kilometers, and its epicenter at 30.69 degrees north latitude and 108.38 degrees east longitude.

Basic background

Epicenter terrain: The average elevation within 5 kilometers of the epicenter is about 310 meters.

Historical earthquakes: According to the China Earthquake Network Express Catalogue, there were 8 earthquakes of magnitude 3 or above within 200 kilometers of the epicenter in the past 5 years. The largest earthquake was the magnitude 5.0 earthquake that occurred in Wulong County, Chongqing on November 23, 2017 (distance The epicenter is 150 kilometers), the historical earthquake distribution is shown in the figure.