According to the official determination of @中国 Earthquake Network: At 18:11 on June 14, an earthquake of magnitude 4.4 occurred in Malkang City, Aba Prefecture, Sichuan (32.25 degrees north latitude, 101.79 degrees east longitude), with a focal depth of 11 kilometers. According to the first feedback from some netizens, the earthquake was felt in some areas of Chengdu. It is worth noting that in the early morning of June 10 last week, Malkang City, Aba Prefecture, Sichuan also had several earthquakes, with a maximum magnitude of 6.0, and the earthquake was felt in Chengdu and other places. At 0:03:24 on the 10th, an earthquake of magnitude 5.8 occurred in Malkang City, and as of 7:49, a total of 11 earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 and above occurred, of which 6 were over 4.0 and 3 were over 5.0. According to experts at the time, the Malkang earthquake was a swarm type earthquake, that is, there was no prominent main shock, and the main energy was released through multiple earthquakes with similar magnitudes. The energy released by the largest earthquake accounted for less than 90% of the entire sequence. The difference from the maximum aftershock is less than 0.6 magnitude. At present, the official has not given an explanation for the earthquake, but it cannot be ruled out that it is somewhat related to last week’s swarm-type earthquake. .
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