Earthquake details

Sunday, March 11, 1973 Earthquake

The earthquake hit China on Sunday, March 11, 1973 at 08:40 UTC with a magnitude of 5.0. The closest known location in the current dataset is Lu'an (China - CN), about 75.8 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 116.331 and latitude 31.073.

Magnitude	5.0
Alert	Strong
Depth	35.0 km
Coordinates	31.073, 116.331
UTC time	1973-03-11 08:40:11.600

Location	Lu'an
Country	China (CN)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1973-03-11

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Lu'an	75.8 km
Lucheng	92.2 km
Anking	92.6 km
Huangmei	102.3 km
Wuyang	102.7 km
Chizhou	118.8 km
Qingquan	124.0 km
Macheng	125.3 km
Hefei	126.0 km
Caohe	127.3 km
Pengze	132.3 km
Tongling	139.2 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.0

Macheng

China · 2014-10-25 17:25 UTC

96.3 km

M 4.2

Lu'an

China · 2014-04-20 08:00 UTC

38.1 km

M 4.9

Anking

China · 2011-01-19 04:07 UTC

87.2 km

M 5.0

Lu'an

China · 1973-03-11 08:32 UTC

5.8 km

M 6.4

Lu'an

China · 1917-01-24 00:48 UTC

58.4 km

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