Shallow earthquake struck Yunnan, Shangri-La County – China [1]

Thewatchers.adorraeli.com, By: Adonai, 08/28/2013

Shallow and damaging earthquake with recorded magnitude of 5.0 (USGS) struck junction area of southwest China’s Yunnan and Sichuan provinces on August 27, 2013, at 20:44 UTC. China's CEIC reported M 5.1 at shallow depth of 9 km. EMSC reported M 5.0 at depth of 10 km. USGS reported depth of 43 km for this earthquake and M 4.5 aftershock at depth of 9 km at 23:53 UTC. Epicenter was located 3 km (2 mi) WNW of Benzilan and 176 km (109 mi) NNW of Dayan, China at coordinates 28.252°N 99.332°E.

 

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