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Historic Earthquake
1937 People's Republic of China Earthquake
31 July 1937 · Shandong Province · People's Republic of China
On 31 July 1937 at 20:35 UTC, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck People's Republic of China (Shandong Province). It occurred on the Eurasian Plate, 65 km from its boundary with the Yangtze Plate (continental rift). It killed at least 390 people.
- Date
- 31 July 1937
- Time
- 20:35 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.0
- Maximum Intensity
- IX (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 390
- Plate
- Eurasian Plate
- Country
- People's Republic of China
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 19831983 Heze Earthquake · M 5.334 deaths
- 1966Hebei Province · M 7.6
- 1966Hebei Province · M 6.58,064 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth