M5.7 earthquake near Ning’er, Yunnan

What happened

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck 110 km SSE of Jianshui, China on 8 Sept 2018, 02:31 UTC at a depth of 8 km.

Earthquakes of this size are classed as Moderate. Can damage poorly built structures close to the epicentre. 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 64 km away in Yunnan, China.