A location information sending method and apparatus, a device, and a storage medium. The method comprises: acquiring indication information that indicates an operation of a user terminal reporting location information; and reporting the location information of the user terminal in response to the indication information. In the method, after the indication information that indicates the operation of the user terminal reporting the location information is acquired, the location information is reported in response to the indication information. The location information is used by a base station to select a core network according to the location information, and/or the location information is used by the base station to form a Cell ID and sends the Cell ID to the core network.