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Historic Earthquake
1966 People's Republic of China Earthquake
7 March 1966 · Hebei Province · People's Republic of China
On 7 March 1966 at 21:29 UTC, a magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck People's Republic of China (Hebei Province), at a depth of 8 km. It occurred on the Eurasian Plate, 276 km from its boundary with the Yangtze Plate (continental rift). It killed at least 8,064 people. It is the 42nd deadliest of the earthquakes recorded since 1900.
- Date
- 7 March 1966
- Time
- 21:29 UTC
- Magnitude
- 6.5
- Depth
- 8 km
- Maximum Intensity
- IX (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 8,064
- Plate
- Eurasian Plate
- Country
- People's Republic of China
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 19831983 Heze Earthquake · M 5.334 deaths
- 1966Hebei Province · M 7.6
- 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