Earthquake details

Saturday, April 6, 1940 Earthquake

The earthquake hit China on Saturday, April 6, 1940 at 13:43 UTC with a magnitude of 6.0. The closest known location in the current dataset is Yuxi (China - CN), about 60.5 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 102.367 and latitude 23.836.

Magnitude	6.0
Alert	Strong
Depth	15.0 km
Coordinates	23.836, 102.367
UTC time	1940-04-06 13:43:02.830

Location	Kaiyuan
Country	China (CN)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1940-04-06

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Yuxi	60.5 km
Longquan	95.4 km
Gejiu	96.1 km
Kaiyuan	96.7 km
Haikou	107.2 km
Anning	121.6 km
Jianshui	126.1 km
Miyang	126.3 km
Majie	135.9 km
Kunming	138.6 km
Shilin	146.8 km
Zhongshu	161.1 km

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