Earthquake details

Wednesday, June 25, 1952 Earthquake

The earthquake hit China on Wednesday, June 25, 1952 at 23:19 UTC with a magnitude of 6.1. The closest known location in the current dataset is Kangding (China - CN), about 29.9 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 102.155 and latitude 29.796.

Magnitude	6.1
Alert	Severe
Depth	10.0 km
Coordinates	29.796, 102.155
UTC time	1952-06-25 23:19:54.180

Location	Kangding
Country	China (CN)
Severity	Severe

Earthquake map 1952-06-25

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Kangding	29.9 km
Ya'an	84.1 km
Leshan	157.8 km
Meishan	164.6 km
Luocheng	187.1 km
Daocheng	198.9 km
Chengdu	207.8 km
Xichang	211.7 km
Tianpeng	216.6 km
Juexi	226.2 km
Guanyin	230.5 km
Ziyang	243.2 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.1 Kangding China · 2026-03-20 20:32 UTC	101.0 km
M 4.2 Kangding China · 2026-02-24 16:32 UTC	13.3 km
M 4.7 Kangding China · 2026-02-08 06:06 UTC	34.1 km

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