At 01 hour 13 minutes 04 seconds (GMT) August 17, 2020, 08 hours 13 minutes 04 seconds (Hanoi time) August 17, 2020 an earthquake of magnitude 4.3 occurred at the location of coordinates (20,928 north latitude, 104,898 east longitude), the seismic depth is about 8.1 km. The earthquake occurred in Van Ho district, Son La province. Level 1 natural disaster risk in the epicenter. Center for earthquake news and tsunami warnings - Institute of Geophysics is still monitoring this earthquake.