M 5.0 earthquake – 80 km SSW of Lu’an, China
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Local time: Mar 11, 1973 · 16:32 (UTC+8)
ModerateShallow · 35 km
Reviewed by a seismologist
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- Magnitude
- 5.0moment magnitude (mw)
- Depth
- 35 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 31.034, 116.29081 km from Lu’an
- Energy released
- 477 tons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- —not estimated
- Aftershocks
- 1M2.5+ within 30 km, up to 60 days
- Significance
- 389USGS score, 0–1,000+
The strongest here since 1932
The last earthquake at least as strong within 300 km struck on Apr 6, 1932.
How strong was it?
Moderate earthquake. It released 477 tons of TNT, 1 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
Aftershocks
1 earthquakes of M2.5+ within 30 km in the 60 days after.
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around China.
- 6.4 61 km SSW of Wuyang, China Jan 24, 1917
- 6.1 24 km NE of Macheng, China Apr 6, 1932
- 5.8 26 km W of Huangmei, China Feb 22, 1917
- 5.5 23 km W of Licheng, China Jul 9, 1979
- 5.5 32 km WNW of Hutang, China Apr 22, 1974
- 5.2 23 km SSE of Wuxue, China Nov 26, 2005
- 5.0 75 km SSW of Lu’an, China Mar 11, 1973
- 5.0 11 km W of Chengzhong, China Dec 26, 2019