Wednesday, January 15, 1997 Earthquake
The earthquake hit Sri Lanka the Wednesday, January 15, 1997 at 22:10 with a magnitude of 4.8. The closest city with more than 15.000 habitants is Kalmunai (Sri Lanka - LK). The epicenter is located at longitude 85.112 and latitude -2.233. 1127.35 km from Ovalle.
| Magnitude | 4.8 |
| Alert | |
| Depth ? | 10 |
| Nst ? | |
| Dmin ? | |
| Dmin ? |
| Location | Kalmunai |
| Eastern Province | |
| Ampara | |
| Sri Lanka (lk)) |
Earthquake Map 1/15/1997 10:10:52 PM
Closest cities
Closest cities near the epicenter
| Meulaboh | 1119.93 km |
| Singkil | 1178.15 km |
| Sabang | 1184.36 km |
| Sigli | 1194.11 km |
| Matara | 1218.83 km |
| Weligama | 1230.34 km |
| Galle | 1252.49 km |
| Ampara | 1255.04 km |
| Kalmunai | 1255.51 km |
| Sibolga | 1255.92 km |
Biggest cities
Closest cities with Population over 100,000
| Kalmunai | 1255.51 km |
| Binjai | 1310.71 km |
| Kandy | 1323.58 km |
| Medan | 1326.41 km |
| Pematangsiantar | 1334.93 km |
| Moratuwa | 1336.16 km |
| Belawan | 1338.41 km |
| Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte | 1343.84 km |
| Colombo | 1349.62 km |
| Perbaungan | 1352.17 km |
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