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Historic Earthquake
1967 Mongolia Earthquake
5 January 1967 · Mongolia
On 5 January 1967 at 00:14 UTC, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Mongolia, at a depth of 35 km. It occurred on the Eurasian Plate, 224 km from its boundary with the Amur Plate (continental rift).
- Date
- 5 January 1967
- Time
- 00:14 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.5
- Depth
- 35 km
- Maximum Intensity
- X (Mercalli)
- Plate
- Eurasian Plate
- Country
- Mongolia
- Nearest Volcano
- Khoid Naiman Nuur (178 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 19051905 Tsetserleg Earthquake · M 8.4
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth