Earthquake details

Wednesday, January 14, 1970 Earthquake

The earthquake hit China on Wednesday, January 14, 1970 at 10:14 UTC with a magnitude of 5.3. The closest known location in the current dataset is Yuxi (China - CN), about 24.9 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 102.318 and latitude 24.264.

Magnitude	5.3
Alert	Strong
Depth	14.5 km
Coordinates	24.264, 102.318
UTC time	1970-01-14 10:14:19.980

Location	Yuxi
Country	China (CN)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1970-01-14

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Yuxi	24.9 km
Longquan	48.1 km
Haikou	63.1 km
Anning	75.2 km
Majie	91.4 km
Kunming	95.3 km
Jianshui	111.0 km
Miyang	115.1 km
Kaiyuan	118.4 km
Shilin	119.9 km
Gejiu	131.7 km
Zhongshu	149.5 km

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