Earthquake details

Thursday, August 16, 1973 Earthquake

The earthquake hit China on Thursday, August 16, 1973 at 03:58 UTC with a magnitude of 6.4. The closest known location in the current dataset is Simao (China - CN), about 32.4 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 101.110 and latitude 23.052.

Magnitude	6.4
Alert	Severe
Depth	33.0 km
Coordinates	23.052, 101.110
UTC time	1973-08-16 03:58:10.700

Location	Simao
Country	China (CN)
Severity	Severe

Earthquake map 1973-08-16

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Simao	32.4 km
Qianliu	94.8 km
Nuozhadu	101.1 km
Jinghong	121.9 km
Shangyun	131.3 km
Menglang	134.6 km
Jianshui	136.9 km
Lincang	138.7 km
Zhutang	138.8 km
Kēng Tung	199.7 km
Yuxi	205.8 km
Longquan	209.7 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.6 Jinghong China · 2026-02-17 15:05 UTC	103.9 km
M 4.4 Jianshui China · 2025-10-04 21:01 UTC	76.7 km
M 4.1 Simao China · 2025-06-01 07:48 UTC	85.8 km

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