Earthquake details

Wednesday, April 28, 1971 Earthquake

The earthquake hit China on Wednesday, April 28, 1971 at 15:32 UTC with a magnitude of 6.0. The closest known location in the current dataset is Simao (China - CN), about 22.1 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 101.121 and latitude 22.935.

Magnitude	6.0
Alert	Severe
Depth	10.0 km
Coordinates	22.935, 101.121
UTC time	1971-04-28 15:32:02.230

Location	Simao
Country	China (CN)
Severity	Severe

Earthquake map 1971-04-28

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Simao	22.1 km
Qianliu	94.5 km
Nuozhadu	96.0 km
Jinghong	109.9 km
Menglang	131.0 km
Shangyun	133.1 km
Zhutang	137.0 km
Lincang	148.5 km
Jianshui	149.8 km
Kēng Tung	190.3 km
Gejiu	213.4 km
Yuxi	214.5 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.6 Jinghong China · 2026-02-17 15:05 UTC	91.9 km
M 4.4 Jianshui China · 2025-10-04 21:01 UTC	88.3 km
M 4.1 Simao China · 2025-06-01 07:48 UTC	72.7 km

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