China News Service, Changzhou, December 22 (Tang Juan and Xu Shanshan) The Earthquake Administration of Jiangsu Province announced on December 22 that at 21:46 that day, a 4.2-magnitude earthquake occurred in Tianning District, Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province.
Many citizens from Nanjing, Suzhou, Yangzhou, Zhenjiang and other places in Jiangsu reported that the earthquake was obvious.
That night, the Changzhou Seismological Bureau responded that after research and judgment, the possibility of a larger earthquake in the next few days in the original earthquake area is less likely.
China Earthquake Networks officially determined that a magnitude 4.2 earthquake occurred in Tianning District, Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province (31.75 degrees north latitude, 120.00 degrees east longitude) at 21:46 on December 22, 2021, with a focal depth of 10 kilometers.
"This is the first time I felt such a strong earthquake." A local citizen in Changzhou told reporters that after the earthquake, the indoor wardrobe shook, the chandeliers shook, and people were unstable. risk.
The earthquake caused a strong sense of earthquake. According to the indoor monitoring provided by local citizens, after the earthquake, the indoor chandeliers shook violently, and debris fell on the ceiling, and the fish tanks in the citizens' homes shook obviously.
Not only in Changzhou, but also in Nanjing, Suzhou, Yangzhou, and Zhenjiang in Jiangsu Province, netizens said that the tremor was obvious.
As of press time, no casualties and property losses caused by the earthquake have been found locally.
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