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Historic Earthquake
1976 People's Republic of China Earthquake
29 May 1976 · Yunnan Province, Lungling-Lushi · People's Republic of China
On 29 May 1976 at 12:23 UTC, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck People's Republic of China (Yunnan Province, Lungling-Lushi), at a depth of 8 km. It occurred on the Eurasian Plate, 267 km from its boundary with the Indian Plate (continental transform fault).
- Date
- 29 May 1976
- Time
- 12:23 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.3
- Depth
- 8 km
- Maximum Intensity
- IX (Mercalli)
- Plate
- Eurasian Plate
- Country
- People's Republic of China
- Nearest Volcano
- Tengchong (86 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 19881988 Lancang-Gengma Earthquakes · M 7.3738 deaths
- 1976Yunnan Province, Lungling-Lushi · M 7.4
- 19461946 Sagaing Earthquakes · M 7.8
- 19461946 Sagaing Earthquakes · M 7.5
- 1941Yunnan Province · M 7.0
- 1941Yunnan Province · M 7.0
- 19311931 Myitkyina Earthquake · M 7.6
- 19251925 Dali Earthquake · M 6.95,800 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth