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Historic Earthquake
1917 People's Republic of China Earthquake
30 July 1917 · Yunnan Province · People's Republic of China
On 30 July 1917 at 23:54 UTC, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck People's Republic of China (Yunnan Province), at a depth of 33 km. It occurred on the Eurasian Plate, 93 km from its boundary with the Yangtze Plate (continental rift). It killed at least 1,800 people.
- Date
- 30 July 1917
- Time
- 23:54 UTC
- Magnitude
- 6.8
- Depth
- 33 km
- Maximum Intensity
- IX (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 1,800
- Plate
- Eurasian Plate
- Country
- People's Republic of China
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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