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Historic Earthquake
1957 Mongolia Earthquake
4 December 1957 · Mongolia
On 4 December 1957 at 03:37 UTC, a magnitude 8.1 earthquake struck Mongolia, at a depth of 33 km. It occurred on the Eurasian Plate. It killed at least 30 people. It is the 93rd most powerful of the earthquakes recorded since 1900.
- Date
- 4 December 1957
- Time
- 03:37 UTC
- Magnitude
- 8.1
- Depth
- 33 km
- Maximum Intensity
- XI (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 30
- Plate
- Eurasian Plate
- Country
- Mongolia
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth