Earthquake details

Tuesday, January 15, 1974 Earthquake

The earthquake hit China on Tuesday, January 15, 1974 at 22:50 UTC with a magnitude of 5.7. The closest known location in the current dataset is Wenxian Chengguanzhen (China - CN), about 44.9 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 104.203 and latitude 32.913.

Magnitude	5.7
Alert	Strong
Depth	33.0 km
Coordinates	32.913, 104.203
UTC time	1974-01-15 22:50:29.900

Location	Wenxian Chengguanzhen
Country	China (CN)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1974-01-15

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Wenxian Chengguanzhen	44.9 km
Longnan	85.7 km
Anhua	102.7 km
Tanchang Chengguanzhen	127.2 km
Jiangyou	136.4 km
Luoyu	140.7 km
Xiasi	141.1 km
Heba	147.8 km
Pu’an	153.6 km
Shili	153.7 km
Hanyuan	158.6 km
Chaotian	160.2 km

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The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

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