Earthquake details

Thursday, March 5, 1970 Earthquake

The earthquake hit China on Thursday, March 5, 1970 at 04:23 UTC with a magnitude of 5.2. The closest known location in the current dataset is Ya'an (China - CN), about 75.3 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 103.089 and latitude 30.657.

Magnitude	5.2
Alert	Strong
Depth	15.0 km
Coordinates	30.657, 103.089
UTC time	1970-03-05 04:23:30.790

Location	Chengdu
Country	China (CN)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1970-03-05

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Ya'an	75.3 km
Tianpeng	89.2 km
Chengdu	93.6 km
Meishan	99.1 km
Kangding	130.9 km
Deyang	134.3 km
Leshan	138.1 km
Luojiang	153.2 km
Ziyang	161.2 km
Luocheng	168.1 km
Mianyang	176.7 km
Chonglong	195.7 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.4 Deyang China · 2025-12-12 22:52 UTC	108.4 km
M 4.9 Chengdu China · 2025-10-12 07:21 UTC	17.8 km
M 4.2 Meishan China · 2025-06-23 22:27 UTC	81.3 km
M 4.5 Chengdu China · 2025-06-01 08:02 UTC	37.4 km

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