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Historic Earthquake
1970 Tonghai Earthquake
4 January 1970 · Yunnan Province, Vietnam · People's Republic of China
On 4 January 1970 at 17:00 UTC, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck People's Republic of China (Yunnan Province, Vietnam), at a depth of 31 km. It occurred on the Eurasian Plate, 375 km from its boundary with the Yangtze Plate (continental rift). It killed at least 15,621 people. It is the 27th deadliest of the earthquakes recorded since 1900.
- Date
- 4 January 1970
- Time
- 17:00 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.1
- Depth
- 31 km
- Maximum Intensity
- X (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 15,621
- Plate
- Eurasian Plate
- Country
- People's Republic of China
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 2003Yunnan Province · M 5.916 deaths
- 19951995 Wuding Earthquake · M 6.281 deaths
- 1942Yunnan Province, Simao · M 6.890 deaths
- 1940Yunnan Province · M 6.0181 deaths
- 1930Yunnan Province · M 6.042 deaths
- 19251925 Dali Earthquake · M 6.95,800 deaths
- 19131913 Eshan Earthquake · M 7.0942 deaths
- 19092011 Yunnan Earthquake · M 6.521 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth