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1918 Shantou Earthquake
13 February 1918 · Guangdong Province · China
On 13 February 1918 at 06:07 UTC, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck China (Guangdong Province), at a depth of 23 km. It occurred on the Yangtze Plate, 203 km from its boundary with the Sunda Plate (continental transform fault). It killed at least 2,000 people. It is the 100th deadliest of the earthquakes recorded since 1900.
- Date
- 13 February 1918
- Time
- 06:07 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.3
- Depth
- 23 km
- Maximum Intensity
- X (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 2,000
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami
- Plate
- Yangtze Plate
- Country
- China
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth