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Historic Earthquake
1966 People's Republic of China Earthquake
22 March 1966 · Hebei Province · People's Republic of China
On 22 March 1966 at 08:19 UTC, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck People's Republic of China (Hebei Province), at a depth of 15 km. It occurred on the Eurasian Plate, 297 km from its boundary with the Yangtze Plate (continental rift).
- Date
- 22 March 1966
- Time
- 08:19 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.6
- Depth
- 15 km
- Maximum Intensity
- X (Mercalli)
- Plate
- Eurasian Plate
- Country
- People's Republic of China
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 1989Shanxi and Hebei Provinces, Datong · M 5.329 deaths
- 19831983 Heze Earthquake · M 5.334 deaths
- 1966Hebei Province · M 6.58,064 deaths
- 1937Shandong Province · M 7.0390 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth