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According to the measurement of Hubei Earthquake Network, at 03:51 Beijing time on February 6, 2022, a magnitude 1.6 earthquake occurred in Badong County, Enshi Prefecture, Hubei (31.06 degrees north latitude, 110.35 degrees east longitude), with a depth of 8 kilometers. Less than 10 minutes after the earthquake occurred in
, several local netizens reported through the online platform: "The Badong earthquake has a very big shock." "I felt the super tremor and was woken up directly. It was so scary. People are still confused now."
This is the second earthquake reported by in Badong County in one month. According to the Hubei Earthquake Network, at 14:45 Beijing time on January 15, 2022, a magnitude 2.0 earthquake occurred in Badong County, Enshi Prefecture, Hubei (31.04 degrees north latitude, 110.16 degrees east longitude), with a depth of 7 kilometers.
data shows that at 13:04 on December 16, 2013, a magnitude 5.1 earthquake occurred in Badong County (the epicenter was 31.1 degrees north latitude and 110.4 degrees east longitude) and the focal depth was 5 kilometers. There is a strong sense of tremor in Badong County and Xingshan County. Enshi Prefecture, Yichang City , Shiyan City , Xiangyang City , Jingmen City , and Jingzhou City . This earthquake was an atypical tectonic earthquake with collapse characteristics .
Experts said that there are many earthquake activities in Hubei's history, among which the active fault zone is mainly distributed in northwestern Hubei and northeastern Hubei, but it does not meet the conditions for a major earthquake. In history, more than 30 earthquakes of magnitude 4.7 or above occurred in Hubei, and few extremely destructive earthquakes occurred.
