{"id":147401,"date":"2026-08-24T09:20:35","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T13:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/4-9-magnitude-earthquake-shakes-chinas-sichuan-province\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T09:20:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T13:20:35","slug":"4-9-magnitude-earthquake-shakes-chinas-sichuan-province","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/national\/4-9-magnitude-earthquake-shakes-chinas-sichuan-province\/","title":{"rendered":"4.9-magnitude earthquake shakes China&#8217;s Sichuan province"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4.9 magnitude earthquake shakes Sichuan province in China<\/h2>\n\n<p>A 4.9-magnitude earthquake was recorded this Monday in the city of Yibin, located in the central Chinese province of Sichuan. According to the report issued by the China Earthquake Networks Center, the event occurred at 08:26 local time, with its epicenter in Changning County.<\/p>\n\n<p>So far, local authorities have not issued an official report regarding possible victims, significant material damage, or the exact depth at which the earthquake originated. The Sichuan region has remained under constant monitoring due to the high frequency of seismic activity recorded in recent weeks.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Background of seismic activity in the area<\/h2>\n\n<p>The town of Yibin has been the scene of various seismic movements in recent months. The recent history includes the following events:<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>On August 7, a 4.9 magnitude earthquake affected Gao County, near the area of the current event.<\/li><li>On August 3, two tremors of magnitudes 4.8 and 4.2 were reported in the same region, with no reports of serious damage.<\/li><li>On June 29, a higher intensity earthquake, reaching 5.5 degrees, left 15 people with minor injuries and structural damage to approximately 900 homes.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Sichuan, a province with a population of approximately 83 million inhabitants, is a geographically prone area to intense seismic activity due to its tectonic location.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p>The region&#8217;s historical memory recalls devastating events, such as the 6.8 magnitude earthquake that occurred in 2022, which resulted in 93 deaths and 24 missing persons. Likewise, the most tragic precedent dates back to May 2008, when an 8 magnitude earthquake caused a catastrophe that left more than 90,000 victims between dead and missing.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>4.9 magnitude earthquake shakes Sichuan province in China A 4.9-magnitude earthquake was recorded this Monday in the city of Yibin, located in the central Chinese province of Sichuan. According to the report issued by the China Earthquake Networks Center, the event occurred at 08:26 local time, with its epicenter in Changning County. So far, local [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":147402,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12809],"tags":[426,12831,14181,14182],"class_list":{"0":"post-147401","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national","8":"tag-china","9":"tag-earthquake","10":"tag-sichuan","11":"tag-yibin"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147401\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}