Earthquake details

Sunday, January 4, 1970 Earthquake

The earthquake hit China on Sunday, January 4, 1970 at 21:44 UTC with a magnitude of 5.2. The closest known location in the current dataset is Yuxi (China - CN), about 12.2 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 102.434 and latitude 24.308.

Magnitude	5.2
Alert	Strong
Depth	15.0 km
Coordinates	24.308, 102.434
UTC time	1970-01-04 21:44:32.960

Location	Yuxi
Country	China (CN)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1970-01-04

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Yuxi	12.2 km
Longquan	49.0 km
Haikou	54.4 km
Anning	68.6 km
Majie	83.2 km
Kunming	86.3 km
Miyang	102.9 km
Shilin	107.3 km
Kaiyuan	111.5 km
Jianshui	122.8 km
Gejiu	128.4 km
Zhongshu	137.1 km

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