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Historic Earthquake
1935 People's Republic of China Earthquake
18 December 1935 · Sichuan Province · People's Republic of China
On 18 December 1935 at 07:10 UTC, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck People's Republic of China (Sichuan Province). It occurred on the Eurasian Plate, 159 km from its boundary with the Yangtze Plate (continental rift). It killed at least 100 people.
- Date
- 18 December 1935
- Time
- 07:10 UTC
- Magnitude
- 6.0
- Maximum Intensity
- VIII (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 100
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami
- Plate
- Eurasian Plate
- Country
- People's Republic of China
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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