Earthquake details

Monday, December 29, 2008 Earthquake

The earthquake hit China on Monday, December 29, 2008 at 06:18 UTC with a magnitude of 5.0. The closest known location in the current dataset is Xiasi (China - CN), about 39.1 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 105.098 and latitude 32.275.

Magnitude	5.0
Alert	Strong
Depth	10.0 km
Coordinates	32.275, 105.098
UTC time	2008-12-29 06:18:22.620

Location	Pu’an
Country	China (CN)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 2008-12-29

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Xiasi	39.1 km
Pu’an	43.7 km
Jiangyou	67.1 km
Guangyuan	70.7 km
Wenxian Chengguanzhen	84.4 km
Chaotian	84.6 km
Mianyang	98.1 km
Jiachuan	105.4 km
Donghe	113.4 km
Langzhong	116.9 km
Luojiang	121.7 km
Hanyuan	124.7 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 5.0

Jiangyou

China · 2026-10-19 10:57 UTC

70.4 km

M 5.4

Jiangyou

China · 2026-09-03 11:39 UTC

73.4 km

M 4.1

Pu’an

China · 2026-02-08 03:01 UTC

27.8 km

M 4.3

Jiangyou

China · 2025-12-17 04:24 UTC

65.6 km

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