Earthquake details

Thursday, December 1, 1921 Earthquake

The earthquake hit China on Thursday, December 1, 1921 at 10:49 UTC with a magnitude of 6.6. The closest known location in the current dataset is Zhicheng (China - CN), about 20.6 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 119.711 and latitude 31.082.

Magnitude	6.6
Alert	Severe
Depth	15.0 km
Coordinates	31.082, 119.711
UTC time	1921-12-01 10:49:42.200

Location	Zhicheng
Country	China (CN)
Severity	Severe

Earthquake map 1921-12-01

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Zhicheng	20.6 km
Yixing	32.7 km
Huzhou	43.4 km
Licheng	44.2 km
Hutang	54.6 km
Deqing	64.4 km
Wuxi	77.2 km
Mudu	79.3 km
Changzhou	80.4 km
Wuzhen	82.9 km
Suzhou	87.8 km
Xuanzhou	92.3 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.2 Wuxi China · 2021-12-22 13:46 UTC	82.1 km
M 4.3 Licheng China · 1979-07-11 08:49 UTC	84.1 km
M 5.5 Licheng China · 1979-07-09 10:57 UTC	60.7 km
M 5.5 Licheng China · 1974-04-22 00:29 UTC	81.3 km

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