Earthquake details

Wednesday, January 24, 1917 Earthquake

The earthquake hit China on Wednesday, January 24, 1917 at 00:48 UTC with a magnitude of 6.4. The closest known location in the current dataset is Lu'an (China - CN), about 58.7 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 115.966 and latitude 31.495.

Magnitude	6.4
Alert	Severe
Depth	20.0 km
Coordinates	31.495, 115.966
UTC time	1917-01-24 00:48:34.550

Location	Lu'an
Country	China (CN)
Severity	Severe

Earthquake map 1917-01-24

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Lu'an	58.7 km
Wuyang	61.4 km
Macheng	96.3 km
Huoqiu Chengguanzhen	100.6 km
Dingcheng	112.4 km
Lucheng	128.3 km
Yingshang Chengguanzhen	129.5 km
Hefei	131.2 km
Xinzhou	131.2 km
Qingquan	134.5 km
Huangmei	145.1 km
Caohe	149.8 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.0

Macheng

China · 2014-10-25 17:25 UTC

47.4 km

M 4.2

Lu'an

China · 2014-04-20 08:00 UTC

24.1 km

M 5.0

Lu'an

China · 1973-03-11 08:40 UTC

58.4 km

M 5.0

Lu'an

China · 1973-03-11 08:32 UTC

59.8 km

M 6.1

Macheng

China · 1932-04-06 09:11 UTC

75.3 km

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