Earthquake details

Monday, May 12, 2008 Earthquake

The earthquake hit China on Monday, May 12, 2008 at 23:54 UTC with a magnitude of 5.1. The closest known location in the current dataset is Tianpeng (China - CN), about 52.2 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 103.530 and latitude 31.298.

Magnitude	5.1
Alert	Strong
Depth	10.0 km
Coordinates	31.298, 103.530
UTC time	2008-05-12 23:54:46.860

Location	Chengdu
Country	China (CN)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 2008-05-12

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Tianpeng	52.2 km
Deyang	83.2 km
Chengdu	87.0 km
Luojiang	92.7 km
Mianyang	111.1 km
Jiangyou	124.1 km
Meishan	142.7 km
Tongchuan	150.0 km
Ya'an	154.7 km
Ziyang	169.2 km
Leshan	194.5 km
Pu’an	201.1 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.4 Deyang China · 2025-12-12 22:52 UTC	38.3 km
M 4.9 Chengdu China · 2025-10-12 07:21 UTC	90.5 km
M 4.2 Meishan China · 2025-06-23 22:27 UTC	129.4 km
M 4.5 Chengdu China · 2025-06-01 08:02 UTC	57.9 km

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