On February 17 at 19:03, a 3.0 magnitude earthquake struck Jianyang City, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, with a focal depth of 22 kilometers. The epicenter was located at latitude 30.49 and longitude 104.69.
According to local netizens on social media, residents reported feeling the tremor in high-rise buildings, with comments such as, “I live on the 27th floor, and I felt the shaking while lying on the couch.” “I didn’t feel it at 19:03, but a few minutes ago, there was another tremor which I felt.” “I felt it three times in the evening, with the third one being the most noticeable as the windows rattled.” “Strong tremors were felt in Jianyang City.” “I felt the bed shake, at first I thought it was an illusion.” “No feeling in Qingbaijiang.”
According to the China Earthquake Networks Center, within a radius of 200 kilometers around the epicenter, there have been a total of 131 earthquakes above magnitude 3 in the past five years. The largest earthquake occurred on June 1, 2022, in Lushan County, Ya’an City, Sichuan Province, with a magnitude of 6.1, 165 kilometers away from the epicenter of this recent quake.
Although the magnitude of this earthquake is not high and the focal depth is relatively deep, netizens expressed concerns due to the geological settings of Longmenshan in the west and Longquanshan in the east of the Chengdu Plain, both being fault zones. Consequently, the earthquake has sparked wide discussion and attention online.