Magnitude 5.7 - SICHUAN-YUNNAN BORDER REGION, CHINA
2008 August 30 08:30:52 UTC
Earthquake Details
Magnitude | 5.7 |
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Location | 26.277°N, 101.915°E |
Depth | 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program |
Region | SICHUAN-YUNNAN BORDER REGION, CHINA |
Distances | 35 km (20 miles) SSE of Panzhihua (Dukou), Sichuan, China 160 km (100 miles) NNW of Kunming, Yunnan, China 585 km (360 miles) SW of Chongqing, Chongqing, China 2025 km (1260 miles) SW of BEIJING, Beijing, China |
Location Uncertainty | horizontal +/- 5 km (3.1 miles); depth fixed by location program |
Parameters | NST=154, Nph=154, Dmin=865.1 km, Rmss=1.08 sec, Gp= 25°, M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=9 |
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Event ID | us2008wia8 |
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Earthquake Summary
Felt Reports
Seventeen people killed and 100 injured in Sichuan. Five people killed and 26 injured in Yunnan. Felt (III) at Kunming. Also felt at Chengdu, Dali, Panzhihua, Xichang and Yibin.
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Scientific & Technical Information
- Preliminary Earthquake Report
- U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center:
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