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Historic Earthquake
1976 Tangshan Earthquake
28 July 1976 · Ne, Tangshan · People's Republic of China
On 28 July 1976 at 10:45 UTC, a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck People's Republic of China (Ne, Tangshan), at a depth of 26 km. It occurred on the Eurasian Plate, 46 km from its boundary with the Amur Plate (continental collision).
- Date
- 28 July 1976
- Time
- 10:45 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.4
- Depth
- 26 km
- Maximum Intensity
- IX (Mercalli)
- Plate
- Eurasian Plate
- Country
- People's Republic of China
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 19761976 Tangshan Earthquake · M 7.5242,769 deaths
- 19691969 Bohai Earthquake · M 7.410 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