A magnitude 1.8 earthquake occurred in Jinhu County, Huai'an, and more than ten earthquakes have occurred in Jiangsu in the past two months

Jiangsu Seismic Station Network Measurement: At 10:11 on January 6, a 1.8-magnitude earthquake occurred in Jinhu County, Huai'an City, Jiangsu Province (33.09 degrees north latitude, 119.14 degrees east longitude), with a depth of 13 kilometers.

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The Paper (www.thepaper.cn) combed through official materials and found that Jiangsu, which is located on the plain, has had more than 10 earthquakes in the past two months. From November 17 to December 20, 2021, there were five earthquakes in the waters of Dafeng District of Yancheng, with a minimum magnitude of 1.9 and a maximum of magnitude 5.0; from November 23, 2021 to December 30, 2021, there were five earthquakes with a magnitude of 1.0 to 2.4 in Huaiyin District, Huai'an City; on December 22, 2021, a 4.2 earthquake occurred in Changzhou; and on December 24, 2021, a 1.0 magnitude earthquake occurred in Suzhou.

Sun Shifeng, a researcher at the China Earthquake Network Center, said in an interview with Modern Express on the 30th of Last Month that Jiangsu is not an earthquake-prone area, and recent earthquakes are in the normal range. One reason for the increase in the density of the observation system of China's seismic network is that the amount of information observed is increasing, and the public is more concerned about earthquakes. He said that earthquakes within four or five magnitudes are not caused by a seismic zone, but the normal energy release of the earth.

An expert from the Jiangsu Provincial Earthquake Observatory said in an interview with the meeting point client on the 24th of last month that from the historical point of view, the occurrence of four- and five-magnitude earthquakes in Jiangsu is a normal phenomenon, and the four- and five-magnitude earthquakes are small and medium-sized earthquakes, which are the normal release of energy from the earth's interior and are not destructive.