Earthquake details

Saturday, March 14, 1970 Earthquake

The earthquake hit China on Saturday, March 14, 1970 at 22:06 UTC with a magnitude of 5.2. The closest known location in the current dataset is Ya'an (China - CN), about 76.6 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 103.072 and latitude 30.670.

Magnitude	5.2
Alert	Strong
Depth	15.0 km
Coordinates	30.670, 103.072
UTC time	1970-03-14 22:06:21.320

Location	Chengdu
Country	China (CN)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1970-03-14

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Ya'an	76.6 km
Tianpeng	90.1 km
Chengdu	95.2 km
Meishan	101.3 km
Kangding	130.4 km
Deyang	135.2 km
Leshan	140.2 km
Luojiang	153.9 km
Ziyang	163.2 km
Luocheng	170.2 km
Mianyang	177.3 km
Chonglong	197.8 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.4 Deyang China · 2025-12-12 22:52 UTC	108.7 km
M 4.9 Chengdu China · 2025-10-12 07:21 UTC	19.9 km
M 4.2 Meishan China · 2025-06-23 22:27 UTC	83.5 km
M 4.5 Chengdu China · 2025-06-01 08:02 UTC	38.5 km

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