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Historic Earthquake
1931 Fuyun Earthquake
10 August 1931 · Xinjiang Weiwuer Zizhiqu Province, N · People's Republic of China
On 10 August 1931 at 21:18 UTC, a magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck People's Republic of China (Xinjiang Weiwuer Zizhiqu Province, N), at a depth of 25 km. It occurred on the Eurasian Plate. It killed at least 10,000 people. It is the 34th deadliest of the earthquakes recorded since 1900.
- Date
- 10 August 1931
- Time
- 21:18 UTC
- Magnitude
- 8.0
- Depth
- 25 km
- Maximum Intensity
- XI (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 10,000
- Plate
- Eurasian Plate
- Country
- People's Republic of China
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth