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Magnitude 5.7 YUNNAN, CHINA

Thursday, July 09, 2009 at 11:19:17 UTC

Preliminary Earthquake Report

Magnitude 5.7
Date-Time
  • Thursday, July 09, 2009 at 11:19:17 (UTC) - Coordinated Universal Time
  • Thursday, July 09, 2009 at 07:19:17 PM local time at epicenter

  • Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
    Location 25.62N 101.09E
    Depth 10.0 kilometers
    Region YUNNAN, CHINA
    Distances 100 km (60 miles) ENE of Dali, Yunnan, China
    120 km (75 miles) SSW of Panzhihua (Dukou), Sichuan, China
    695 km (430 miles) SW of Chongqing, Chongqing, China
    2130 km (1320 miles) SW of BEIJING, Beijing, China
    Location Uncertainty Error estimate: horizontal +/- 7.1 km; depth fixed by location program
    Parameters Nst=89, Nph=89, Dmin=972.3 km, Rmss=1.19 sec, Erho=7.1 km, Erzz=0 km, Gp=49.1 degrees
    Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
    Event ID usiwar

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