Earthquake details

Monday, May 12, 2008 Earthquake

The earthquake hit China on Monday, May 12, 2008 at 06:28 UTC with a magnitude of 7.9. The closest known location in the current dataset is Tianpeng (China - CN), about 58.9 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 103.322 and latitude 31.002.

Magnitude	7.9
Alert	Extreme
Depth	19.0 km
Coordinates	31.002, 103.322
UTC time	2008-05-12 06:28:01.570

Location	Chengdu
Country	China (CN)
Severity	Extreme

Earthquake map 2008-05-12

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Tianpeng	58.9 km
Chengdu	80.4 km
Deyang	102.1 km
Ya'an	117.4 km
Meishan	117.5 km
Luojiang	117.6 km
Mianyang	139.4 km
Jiangyou	157.5 km
Ziyang	160.5 km
Leshan	165.8 km
Tongchuan	168.7 km
Kangding	171.8 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.4 Deyang China · 2025-12-12 22:52 UTC	67.5 km
M 4.9 Chengdu China · 2025-10-12 07:21 UTC	53.3 km
M 4.2 Meishan China · 2025-06-23 22:27 UTC	101.9 km
M 4.5 Chengdu China · 2025-06-01 08:02 UTC	27.5 km

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