Earthquake details

Monday, December 21, 2009 Earthquake

The earthquake hit China on Monday, December 21, 2009 at 05:15 UTC with a magnitude of 5.0. The closest known location in the current dataset is Laojunmiao (China - CN), about 273.7 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 96.644 and latitude 37.526.

Magnitude	5.0
Alert	Strong
Depth	10.0 km
Coordinates	37.526, 96.644
UTC time	2009-12-21 05:15:08.870

Location	Zhangye
Country	China (CN)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 2009-12-21

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Laojunmiao	273.7 km
Jiayuguan City	291.7 km
Jiuquan	295.7 km
Dunhuang	339.5 km
Zhangye	368.0 km
Haomen	440.2 km
Duoba	444.8 km
Qiaotou	450.6 km
Lushar	452.4 km
Xining	465.0 km
Jinchang	498.6 km
Nianbo	526.1 km

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