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Historic Earthquake
1906 Manasi Earthquake
22 December 1906 · Xinjiang Province · People's Republic of China
On 22 December 1906 at 18:21 UTC, a magnitude 8.3 earthquake struck People's Republic of China (Xinjiang Province), at a depth of 33 km. It occurred on the Eurasian Plate. It killed at least 280 people. 2,000 homes were destroyed. It is the 31st most powerful of the earthquakes recorded since 1900.
- Date
- 22 December 1906
- Time
- 18:21 UTC
- Magnitude
- 8.3
- Depth
- 33 km
- Maximum Intensity
- IX (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 280
- Homes Destroyed
- 2,000
- Plate
- Eurasian Plate
- Country
- People's Republic of China
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 1949Xinjiang Province · M 7.321 deaths
- 1944Xinjiang Province · M 7.23 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth