Earthquake details

Monday, August 31, 2009 Earthquake

The earthquake hit China on Monday, August 31, 2009 at 10:15 UTC with a magnitude of 5.8. The closest known location in the current dataset is Laojunmiao (China - CN), about 297.9 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 95.831 and latitude 37.606.

Magnitude	5.8
Alert	Strong
Depth	6.0 km
Coordinates	37.606, 95.831
UTC time	2009-08-31 10:15:29.770

Location	Jiuquan
Country	China (CN)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 2009-08-31

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Laojunmiao	297.9 km
Dunhuang	301.9 km
Jiayuguan City	325.2 km
Jiuquan	333.3 km
Zhangye	430.0 km
Haomen	512.1 km
Duoba	516.9 km
Qiaotou	522.8 km
Lushar	524.3 km
Xining	537.2 km
Jinchang	566.4 km
Nianbo	598.3 km

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The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

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