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Historic Earthquake
1951 People's Republic of China Earthquake
18 November 1951 · Tibet (Xizang Province) · People's Republic of China
On 18 November 1951 at 09:35 UTC, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck People's Republic of China (Tibet (Xizang Province)), at a depth of 25 km. It occurred on the Eurasian Plate, 455 km from its boundary with the Indian Plate (continental collision).
- Date
- 18 November 1951
- Time
- 09:35 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.5
- Depth
- 25 km
- Plate
- Eurasian Plate
- Country
- People's Republic of China
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 19521952 Damxung Earthquake54 deaths
- 1915Tibet (Xizang Province) · M 7.0170 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth