Earthquake details

Monday, August 16, 1976 Earthquake

The earthquake hit China on Monday, August 16, 1976 at 14:06 UTC with a magnitude of 6.9. The closest known location in the current dataset is Wenxian Chengguanzhen (China - CN), about 53.6 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 104.157 and latitude 32.752.

Magnitude	6.9
Alert	Severe
Depth	16.0 km
Coordinates	32.752, 104.157
UTC time	1976-08-16 14:06:45.900

Location	Wenxian Chengguanzhen
Country	China (CN)
Severity	Severe

Earthquake map 1976-08-16

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Wenxian Chengguanzhen	53.6 km
Longnan	101.0 km
Anhua	118.0 km
Jiangyou	121.7 km
Xiasi	137.3 km
Tanchang Chengguanzhen	145.6 km
Pu’an	146.6 km
Mianyang	151.3 km
Luoyu	157.1 km
Guangyuan	160.0 km
Chaotian	162.3 km
Luojiang	164.4 km

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The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

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