Earthquake details

Thursday, December 18, 2008 Earthquake

The earthquake hit China on Thursday, December 18, 2008 at 17:39 UTC with a magnitude of 5.1. The closest known location in the current dataset is Laojunmiao (China - CN), about 360.6 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 96.449 and latitude 36.755.

Magnitude	5.1
Alert	Strong
Depth	17.9 km
Coordinates	36.755, 96.449
UTC time	2008-12-18 17:39:25.020

Location	Jiuquan
Country	China (CN)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 2008-12-18

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Laojunmiao	360.6 km
Jiayuguan City	376.2 km
Jiuquan	378.6 km
Dunhuang	409.8 km
Zhangye	427.3 km
Duoba	453.9 km
Lushar	457.9 km
Haomen	464.6 km
Qiaotou	465.8 km
Xining	474.0 km
Nianbo	534.0 km
Jinchang	542.4 km

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