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Historic Earthquake
1969 Bohai Earthquake
18 July 1969 · Bohai Sea · China
On 18 July 1969 at 05:24 UTC, a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck China (Bohai Sea), at a depth of 6 km. It occurred on the Eurasian Plate, 229 km from its boundary with the Amur Plate (continental collision). It killed at least 10 people and injured 353. 15,190 homes were destroyed.
- Date
- 18 July 1969
- Time
- 05:24 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.4
- Depth
- 6 km
- Maximum Intensity
- IX (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 10
- Injuries
- 353
- Homes Destroyed
- 15,190
- Homes Damaged
- 24,810
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (0.1 m wave)
- Plate
- Eurasian Plate
- Country
- China
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 19761976 Tangshan Earthquake · M 7.4
- 19761976 Tangshan Earthquake · M 7.5242,769 deaths
- 1945Hebei Province · M 6.317 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth