Lushan earthquake or Ya'an earthquake ( Tibetan : Yak-ngai Sayom གཡག རྔ ཡི ས ཡོམ ) occurred at 08:02 Beijing Time ( 00:02 UTC ) on April 20 , 2013 . The epicenter was located in Lushan County , Ya'an , Sichuan , about from Chengdu along the Longmenshan Fault in the same province heavily impacted by the 2008 Sichuan earthquake . The magnitude of the earthquake was placed at Ms 7.0 by China Earthquake Data Center , Ms 7.0 by Russian Academy of Sciences , Mw 7.0 by Geoscience Australia , Mw 6.6 by the United States Geological Survey ( USGS ) , Mw 6.6 by the European Alert System ( EMSC ) and Mj 6.9 by the Japan Meteorological Agency ( JMA ) . 1,815 aftershocks have been recorded as of 00:00 ( UTC +8 h ) April 22
2008 Sichuan earthquake
2008 Sichuan earthquake
2013 Lushan earthquake