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Historic Earthquake
1941 People's Republic of China Earthquake
16 May 1941 · Yunnan Province · People's Republic of China
On 16 May 1941 at 07:14 UTC, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck People's Republic of China (Yunnan Province). It occurred on the Eurasian Plate, 347 km from its boundary with the Indian Plate (continental transform fault).
- Date
- 16 May 1941
- Time
- 07:14 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.0
- Maximum Intensity
- IX (Mercalli)
- Plate
- Eurasian Plate
- Country
- People's Republic of China
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 1995Yunnan Province, Lancang · M 6.811 deaths
- 19881988 Lancang-Gengma Earthquakes · M 7.3738 deaths
- 1976Yunnan Province, Lungling-Lushi · M 7.4
- 1976Yunnan Province, Lungling-Lushi · M 7.3
- 1950Yunnan Province · M 7.0
- 1942Yunnan Province, Simao · M 6.890 deaths
- 1941Yunnan Province · M 7.0
- 19251925 Dali Earthquake · M 6.95,800 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth