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Historic Earthquake
1933 Diexi Earthquake
25 August 1933 · Sichuan Province · People's Republic of China
On 25 August 1933 at 07:50 UTC, a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck People's Republic of China (Sichuan Province). It occurred on the Eurasian Plate, 390 km from its boundary with the Yangtze Plate (continental rift). It killed at least 9,300 people. It is the 40th deadliest of the earthquakes recorded since 1900.
- Date
- 25 August 1933
- Time
- 07:50 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.4
- Maximum Intensity
- X (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 9,300
- Plate
- Eurasian Plate
- Country
- People's Republic of China
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
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- 20082008 Sichuan Earthquake · M 7.987,652 deaths
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- 19731973 Luhuo Earthquake · M 7.6
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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