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Historic Earthquake
1954 People's Republic of China Earthquake
31 July 1954 · Nei Mongol · People's Republic of China
On 31 July 1954 at 01:00 UTC, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck People's Republic of China (Nei Mongol). It occurred on the Eurasian Plate. 542 homes were destroyed.
- Date
- 31 July 1954
- Time
- 01:00 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.0
- Homes Destroyed
- 542
- Plate
- Eurasian Plate
- Country
- People's Republic of China
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 1995Gansu, Yongdeng · M 5.614 deaths
- 1954Gansu Province · M 7.3
- 19271927 Gulang Earthquake · M 7.740,912 deaths
- 19201920 Haiyuan Earthquake · M 8.3235,502 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth