Earthquake details

Thursday, March 12, 1970 Earthquake

The earthquake hit China on Thursday, March 12, 1970 at 18:09 UTC with a magnitude of 5.4. The closest known location in the current dataset is Yuxi (China - CN), about 39.5 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 102.837 and latitude 24.124.

Magnitude	5.4
Alert	Strong
Depth	13.5 km
Coordinates	24.124, 102.837
UTC time	1970-03-12 18:09:52.340

Location	Yuxi
Country	China (CN)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1970-03-12

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Yuxi	39.5 km
Kaiyuan	67.1 km
Miyang	68.9 km
Haikou	77.7 km
Gejiu	90.9 km
Longquan	91.7 km
Shilin	92.2 km
Anning	95.8 km
Kunming	102.6 km
Majie	103.1 km
Zhongshu	103.9 km
Jianshui	164.7 km

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