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Historic Earthquake
1954 People's Republic of China Earthquake
11 February 1954 · Gansu Province · People's Republic of China
On 11 February 1954 at 00:30 UTC, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck People's Republic of China (Gansu Province). It occurred on the Eurasian Plate. It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 11 February 1954
- Time
- 00:30 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.3
- Maximum Intensity
- X (Mercalli)
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- Eurasian Plate
- Country
- People's Republic of China
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 1954Nei Mongol · M 7.0
- 19271927 Gulang Earthquake · M 7.740,912 deaths
- 1921Ningxia · M 6.210,000 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth