M6.1 earthquake near Ning’er, Yunnan

What happened

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck 119 km NNE of Jinghong, China on 2 Jun 2007, 21:34 UTC at a depth of 5 km.

Earthquakes of this size are classed as Strong. Can cause damage in populated areas up to tens of kilometres away. This was a shallow earthquake, which tends to be felt more strongly at the surface.

The nearest town in our records is Ning’er, about 2 km away in Yunnan, China.