Earthquake details

Friday, February 23, 2001 Earthquake

The earthquake hit China on Friday, February 23, 2001 at 00:09 UTC with a magnitude of 5.6. The closest known location in the current dataset is Daocheng (China - CN), about 96.5 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 101.129 and latitude 29.513.

Magnitude	5.6
Alert	Strong
Depth	33.0 km
Coordinates	29.513, 101.129
UTC time	2001-02-23 00:09:23.690

Location	Kangding
Country	China (CN)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 2001-02-23

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Daocheng	96.5 km
Kangding	96.8 km
Ya'an	188.2 km
Xichang	211.3 km
Shangri-La	233.6 km
Daxing	251.7 km
Leshan	255.2 km
Meishan	268.2 km
Luocheng	281.4 km
Lijiang	307.5 km
Chengdu	310.7 km
Sanchuan	311.0 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.1 Kangding China · 2026-03-20 20:32 UTC	113.6 km
M 4.2 Kangding China · 2026-02-24 16:32 UTC	114.1 km
M 4.7 Kangding China · 2026-02-08 06:06 UTC	89.0 km

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