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Historic Earthquake
1902 Turkestan Earthquake
22 August 1902 · Xinjiang, Turkestan · People's Republic of China
On 22 August 1902 at 03:00 UTC, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck People's Republic of China (Xinjiang, Turkestan), at a depth of 30 km. It occurred on the Eurasian Plate. It killed at least 5,653 people. It is the 50th deadliest of the earthquakes recorded since 1900.
- Date
- 22 August 1902
- Time
- 03:00 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.7
- Depth
- 30 km
- Maximum Intensity
- X (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 5,653
- Plate
- Eurasian Plate
- Country
- People's Republic of China
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Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
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Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth