Earthquake details

Wednesday, October 31, 2018 Earthquake

The earthquake hit China on Wednesday, October 31, 2018 at 08:29 UTC with a magnitude of 5.1. The closest known location in the current dataset is Xichang (China - CN), about 12.3 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 102.220 and latitude 27.793.

Magnitude	5.1
Alert	Strong
Depth	24.3 km
Coordinates	27.793, 102.220
UTC time	2018-10-31 08:29:58.930

Location	Xichang
Country	China (CN)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 2018-10-31

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Xichang	12.3 km
Panzhihua	143.6 km
Daxing	146.2 km
Zhaotong	157.0 km
Zhongxin	161.1 km
Rongjiang	168.4 km
Yongbei	191.3 km
Sanchuan	193.2 km
Shunzhou	210.3 km
Chenghai	212.8 km
Shuanglong	221.2 km
Lijiang	222.9 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.4 Xichang China · 2025-07-29 19:26 UTC	60.6 km
M 4.2 Zhaotong China · 2025-05-20 16:29 UTC	80.4 km

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