Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
A moderate earthquake occurred at 00:49:38 (UTC) on Saturday, November 26, 2005. The magnitude 5.5 event has been located in the HUBEI-JIANGXI BORDER REGION, CHINA. (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)
Magnitude 5.5
Date-Time Saturday, November 26, 2005 at 00:49:38 (UTC)
= Coordinated Universal Time
Saturday, November 26, 2005 at 8:49:38 AM
= local time at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 29.657°N, 115.718°E
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region HUBEI-JIANGXI BORDER REGION, CHINA
Distances
25 km (15 miles) WSW of Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China
85 km (55 miles) SE of Huangshi, Hubei, China
580 km (360 miles) WSW of Shanghai, Shanghai, China
1140 km (710 miles) S of BEIJING, Beijing, China
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 6.3 km (3.9 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters Nst= 68, Nph= 68, Dmin=771 km, Rmss=0.84 sec, Gp= 65°,
M-type=body magnitude (Mb), Version=6
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
