Earthquake details

Saturday, May 3, 2003 Earthquake

The earthquake hit China on Saturday, May 3, 2003 at 06:12 UTC with a magnitude of 5.1. The closest known location in the current dataset is Laojunmiao (China - CN), about 281.3 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 96.543 and latitude 37.483.

Magnitude	5.1
Alert	Strong
Depth	10.0 km
Coordinates	37.483, 96.543
UTC time	2003-05-03 06:12:58.650

Location	Zhangye
Country	China (CN)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 2003-05-03

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Laojunmiao	281.3 km
Jiayuguan City	300.2 km
Jiuquan	304.6 km
Dunhuang	339.5 km
Zhangye	378.1 km
Haomen	449.1 km
Duoba	452.6 km
Qiaotou	458.9 km
Lushar	460.0 km
Xining	472.9 km
Jinchang	508.4 km
Nianbo	534.0 km

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