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Historic Earthquake
1920 Haiyuan Earthquake
16 December 1920 · Gansu Province, Shanxi Province · People's Republic of China
On 16 December 1920 at 12:05 UTC, a magnitude 8.3 earthquake struck People's Republic of China (Gansu Province, Shanxi Province), at a depth of 25 km. It occurred on the Eurasian Plate. It killed at least 235,502 people. It is the 3rd deadliest and the 36th most powerful of the earthquakes recorded since 1900.
- Date
- 16 December 1920
- Time
- 12:05 UTC
- Magnitude
- 8.3
- Depth
- 25 km
- Maximum Intensity
- XII (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 235,502
- Estimated Damage
- 25 million US dollars
- Tsunami
- Yes
- 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