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Historic Earthquake
1956 Chhim Earthquake
16 March 1956 · Litani · Lebanon
On 16 March 1956 at 19:32 UTC, a magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck Lebanon (Litani). It occurred on the Anatolian Plate, 34 km from its boundary with the African Plate (continental transform fault). It killed at least 148 people.
- Date
- 16 March 1956
- Time
- 19:32 UTC
- Magnitude
- 5.8
- Deaths
- 148
- Plate
- Anatolian Plate
- Country
- Lebanon
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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