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Historic Earthquake
1944 People's Republic of China Earthquake
27 September 1944 · Xinjiang · People's Republic of China
On 27 September 1944 at 16:25 UTC, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck People's Republic of China (Xinjiang). It occurred on the Eurasian Plate.
- Date
- 27 September 1944
- Time
- 16:25 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.0
- Plate
- Eurasian Plate
- Country
- People's Republic of China
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
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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