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Province
Hebei
People's Republic of China · Asia
Hebei is a province of People's Republic of China, in Asia. It spans the Eurasian and Amur plates. Records include 6 major earthquakes since 1900.
Tectonic Plates
Hazard Levels
Hazard level assessed by ThinkHazard! (World Bank, GFDRR), meaning the likelihood of a damaging event, from very low to high.
- River FloodHigh
- Urban FloodHigh
- Coastal FloodHigh
- CycloneHigh
- Water ScarcityHigh
- Extreme HeatHigh
- WildfireHigh
- EarthquakeMedium
- LandslideMedium
- TsunamiVery Low
- VolcanoVery Low
Major Earthquakes Since 1900
- 1998Northeastern, Shangyi-Zhangbei · M 5.770 deaths
- 19761976 Tangshan Earthquake · M 7.5242,769 deaths
- 19761976 Tangshan Earthquake · M 7.4
- 1966Hebei Province · M 6.58,064 deaths
- 1966Hebei Province · M 7.6
- 1945Hebei Province · M 6.317 deaths
Sources: Natural Earth · Smithsonian GVP · NOAA NCEI · IBTrACS · GEM · Bird (2003), PB2002