Earthquake details

Thursday, February 17, 1977 Earthquake

The earthquake hit China on Thursday, February 17, 1977 at 16:28 UTC with a magnitude of 5.0. The closest known location in the current dataset is Daxing (China - CN), about 12.0 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 100.797 and latitude 27.174.

Magnitude	5.0
Alert	Strong
Depth	33.0 km
Coordinates	27.174, 100.797
UTC time	1977-02-17 16:28:31.100

Location	Daxing
Country	China (CN)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1977-02-17

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Daxing	12.0 km
Sanchuan	49.1 km
Yongbei	58.8 km
Shunzhou	66.1 km
Lijiang	66.5 km
Zhongxin	77.9 km
Chenghai	80.2 km
Rongjiang	82.8 km
Qina	97.8 km
Taoyuan	107.9 km
Panzhihua	112.1 km
Jinhua	112.5 km

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