Earthquake details

Thursday, August 16, 1973 Earthquake

The earthquake hit China on Thursday, August 16, 1973 at 06:05 UTC with a magnitude of 5.1. The closest known location in the current dataset is Simao (China - CN), about 44.9 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 100.944 and latitude 23.191.

Magnitude	5.1
Alert	Strong
Depth	33.0 km
Coordinates	23.191, 100.944
UTC time	1973-08-16 06:05:28.200

Location	Simao
Country	China (CN)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1973-08-16

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Simao	44.9 km
Qianliu	82.8 km
Nuozhadu	97.2 km
Shangyun	115.3 km
Lincang	115.7 km
Jianshui	124.3 km
Menglang	127.0 km
Zhutang	128.0 km
Jinghong	133.5 km
Kēng Tung	202.8 km
Longquan	206.2 km
Yuxi	208.1 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.6 Jinghong China · 2026-02-17 15:05 UTC	115.8 km
M 4.4 Jianshui China · 2025-10-04 21:01 UTC	54.6 km
M 4.1 Simao China · 2025-06-01 07:48 UTC	103.7 km

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