Earthquake details

Thursday, January 30, 1997 Earthquake

The earthquake hit China on Thursday, January 30, 1997 at 09:59 UTC with a magnitude of 5.0. The closest known location in the current dataset is Simao (China - CN), about 47.7 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 101.322 and latitude 22.504.

Magnitude	5.0
Alert	Strong
Depth	10.0 km
Coordinates	22.504, 101.322
UTC time	1997-01-30 09:59:01.890

Location	Simao
Country	China (CN)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1997-01-30

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Simao	47.7 km
Jinghong	79.7 km
Nuozhadu	108.6 km
Qianliu	123.4 km
Menglang	145.3 km
Zhutang	157.4 km
Shangyun	165.0 km
Kēng Tung	173.7 km
Jianshui	197.7 km
Lincang	198.1 km
Gejiu	210.6 km
Dien Bien Phu	215.3 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.6 Jinghong China · 2026-02-17 15:05 UTC	64.2 km
M 4.4 Jianshui China · 2025-10-04 21:01 UTC	140.2 km
M 4.1 Simao China · 2025-06-01 07:48 UTC	28.9 km

Stay informed

Earthquake alerts

Create targeted notifications for important seismic activity near the places you follow.

Choose the places you want to monitor.

Set a minimum magnitude for notifications.

Set up alerts Create account