Earthquake details

Wednesday, August 30, 1967 Earthquake

The earthquake hit China on Wednesday, August 30, 1967 at 11:08 UTC with a magnitude of 5.5. The closest known location in the current dataset is Kangding (China - CN), about 237.5 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 100.251 and latitude 31.553.

Magnitude	5.5
Alert	Strong
Depth	10.0 km
Coordinates	31.553, 100.251
UTC time	1967-08-30 11:08:48.630

Location	Chengdu
Country	China (CN)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1967-08-30

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Kangding	237.5 km
Daocheng	280.0 km
Chamdo	295.7 km
Ya'an	315.5 km
Tianpeng	356.5 km
Chengdu	376.8 km
Meishan	381.8 km
Deyang	395.5 km
Leshan	403.1 km
Luojiang	405.0 km
Shangri-La	418.3 km
Mianyang	420.6 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.4 Deyang China · 2025-12-12 22:52 UTC	350.4 km
M 4.9 Chengdu China · 2025-10-12 07:21 UTC	303.5 km
M 4.2 Meishan China · 2025-06-23 22:27 UTC	364.0 km
M 4.5 Chengdu China · 2025-06-01 08:02 UTC	316.5 km

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