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Historic Earthquake
1937 People's Republic of China Earthquake
7 January 1937 · Qinghai Province · People's Republic of China
On 7 January 1937 at 13:20 UTC, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck People's Republic of China (Qinghai Province), at a depth of 60 km. It occurred on the Eurasian Plate.
- Date
- 7 January 1937
- Time
- 13:20 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.5
- Depth
- 60 km
- Maximum Intensity
- X (Mercalli)
- Plate
- Eurasian Plate
- Country
- People's Republic of China
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20212021 Maduo Earthquake · M 7.320 deaths
- 20102010 Yushu Earthquake · M 6.92,968 deaths
- 1990Qinghai Province, Ganghe-Xinghai · M 6.9126 deaths
- 1963Qinghai Province · M 7.0
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth