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Historic Earthquake
1925 Dali Earthquake
16 March 1925 · Yunnan Province, Talifu · People's Republic of China
On 16 March 1925 at 14:42 UTC, a magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck People's Republic of China (Yunnan Province, Talifu), at a depth of 26 km. It occurred on the Eurasian Plate, 344 km from its boundary with the Indian Plate (continental transform fault). It killed at least 5,800 people. It is the 49th deadliest of the earthquakes recorded since 1900.
- Date
- 16 March 1925
- Time
- 14:42 UTC
- Magnitude
- 6.9
- Depth
- 26 km
- Deaths
- 5,800
- Plate
- Eurasian Plate
- Country
- People's Republic of China
- Nearest Volcano
- Tengchong (197 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 19961996 Lijiang Earthquake · M 6.6322 deaths
- 1976Yunnan Province, Lungling-Lushi · M 7.4
- 1976Yunnan Province, Lungling-Lushi · M 7.3
- 19701970 Tonghai Earthquake · M 7.115,621 deaths
- 1948Yunnan Province · M 6.8110 deaths
- 1942Yunnan Province, Simao · M 6.890 deaths
- 1941Yunnan Province · M 7.0
- 19131913 Eshan Earthquake · M 7.0942 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth