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Historic Earthquake
1955 People's Republic of China Earthquake
15 April 1955 · Xinjiang Province · People's Republic of China
On 15 April 1955 at 03:40 UTC, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck People's Republic of China (Xinjiang Province). It occurred on the Eurasian Plate.
- Date
- 15 April 1955
- Time
- 03:40 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.0
- Maximum Intensity
- IX (Mercalli)
- Plate
- Eurasian Plate
- Country
- People's Republic of China
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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