Earthquake details

Wednesday, June 5, 1974 Earthquake

The earthquake hit China on Wednesday, June 5, 1974 at 00:02 UTC with a magnitude of 5.1. The closest known location in the current dataset is Daocheng (China - CN), about 90.0 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 99.458 and latitude 29.379.

Magnitude	5.1
Alert	Strong
Depth	33.0 km
Coordinates	29.379, 99.458
UTC time	1974-06-05 00:02:10.800

Location	Daocheng
Country	China (CN)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1974-06-05

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Daocheng	90.0 km
Shangri-La	174.7 km
Kangding	251.4 km
Daxing	272.8 km
Shangpa	278.3 km
Lijiang	289.3 km
Chamdo	293.2 km
Sanchuan	315.5 km
Jinhua	319.5 km
Xichang	319.9 km
Shunzhou	325.3 km
Jinding	327.3 km

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