Chuxiong, August 9 (Xinhua) — According to an official determination by the China Earthquake Networks Center, a magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck Mouding County, Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province at 21:32 on the 8th, with a focal depth of 10 kilometers. The epicenter was located at 25.35 degrees north latitude and 101.61 degrees east longitude.

According to the rapid report catalog of the China Earthquake Networks Center, a total of 120 earthquakes of magnitude 3 or above have occurred within 200 kilometers of the epicenter in the past five years, the largest being a magnitude 6.4 earthquake that struck Yangbi County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province on May 21, 2021.

After the earthquake, netizens in Chuxiong City, Mouding County and other places all reported feeling the tremor locally.

Mouding County is located in the north-central part of Yunnan Province and sits at the center of Chuxiong Prefecture's "three vertical and four horizontal" transportation network. The Kunming-Chuxiong-Dali double-track line, the Yongjin Expressway and the Mouyuan Expressway intersect and pass through Mouding. It is an important corridor linking counties and prefectures to other provinces and a key node town on the Kunming-Panzhihua economic belt.