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Historic Earthquake
1944 People's Republic of China Earthquake
9 March 1944 · Xinjiang Province · People's Republic of China
On 9 March 1944 at 22:12 UTC, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck People's Republic of China (Xinjiang Province). It occurred on the Eurasian Plate. It killed at least 3 people.
- Date
- 9 March 1944
- Time
- 22:12 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.2
- Deaths
- 3
- Plate
- Eurasian Plate
- Country
- People's Republic of China
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 1949Xinjiang Province · M 7.321 deaths
- 19061906 Manasi Earthquake · M 8.3280 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth