On July 24th at 7:55 a.m., a 4.6 magnitude earthquake struck Shuicheng District in Liupanshui City, Guizhou Province, with tremors felt in multiple areas.
According to reports from mainland Chinese media, the epicenter was 35 kilometers from Zhongshan District, 38 kilometers from Shuicheng District, 58 kilometers from Puan County, 64 kilometers from Xuanwei City in Yunnan, and 68 kilometers from Qinglong County. It was also 37 kilometers from Liupanshui City and 199 kilometers from Guiyang City.
Villages within a 5-kilometer radius of the earthquake’s epicenter include Xinlong Village, FAQi Village, Wanglong Bao, Baobaozhai Village, Jieshang Village, Tuoluoke, Jingjiao, Yangjiazhai, Dingjiachong, and Xingzhai. Within a 20-kilometer radius, there are towns such as Faer Town, Xinjie Yi, Miao and Buyi Township, Jichang Town, Yingpan Miao, Yi and Bai Nationality Township, Duge Town, Longchang Miao, Bai and Yi Township, Yezhong Miao, Yi and Buyi Nationality Township, Shun Chang Miao, Yi and Buyi Nationality Township, Yangmei Yi, Miao, Hui Township, and Wumeng Town.
Netizens from Guizhou’s Zhijin and Weining areas reported feeling the earthquake.
“The windows were shaking.” “I was awakened by the shaking in bed, and immediately ran outside.” “I really felt it.” “Could it be a precursor to a major earthquake?”
Due to the earthquake, some trains on the Shuohong Line and Hukun Puzhou Line were delayed to varying degrees.
According to the China Earthquake Network Center’s rapid report catalog, within a 200-kilometer radius of the epicenter, there have been a total of 40 earthquakes of magnitude 3 or above in the past five years. The largest earthquake was a 5.0 magnitude quake that occurred on May 18, 2020, in Qiaojia County, Zhaotong City, Yunnan Province (187 kilometers from the epicenter of this earthquake).