Earthquake details

Saturday, October 21, 1967 Earthquake

The earthquake hit China on Saturday, October 21, 1967 at 11:00 UTC with a magnitude of 5.3. The closest known location in the current dataset is Kangding (China - CN), about 242.4 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 100.085 and latitude 31.469.

Magnitude	5.3
Alert	Strong
Depth	15.0 km
Coordinates	31.469, 100.085
UTC time	1967-10-21 11:00:34.880

Location	Chengdu
Country	China (CN)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1967-10-21

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Kangding	242.4 km
Daocheng	271.4 km
Chamdo	278.9 km
Ya'an	324.1 km
Tianpeng	370.8 km
Chengdu	390.0 km
Meishan	392.4 km
Shangri-La	407.3 km
Deyang	410.4 km
Leshan	411.7 km
Luojiang	420.4 km
Mianyang	436.4 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.4 Deyang China · 2025-12-12 22:52 UTC	365.7 km
M 4.9 Chengdu China · 2025-10-12 07:21 UTC	315.2 km
M 4.2 Meishan China · 2025-06-23 22:27 UTC	374.7 km
M 4.5 Chengdu China · 2025-06-01 08:02 UTC	329.5 km

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