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Historic Earthquake
1905 Tsetserleg Earthquake
9 July 1905 · Mongolia
On 9 July 1905 at 09:40 UTC, a magnitude 8.4 earthquake struck Mongolia, at a depth of 33 km. It occurred on the Eurasian Plate, 467 km from its boundary with the Amur Plate (continental rift). It is the 19th most powerful of the earthquakes recorded since 1900.
- Date
- 9 July 1905
- Time
- 09:40 UTC
- Magnitude
- 8.4
- Depth
- 33 km
- Plate
- Eurasian Plate
- Country
- Mongolia
- Nearest Volcano
- Taryatu-Chulutu (119 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 1967Mongolia · M 7.5
- 19051905 Bolnai Earthquake · M 8.3
- 1903Mongolia · M 7.8
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth