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Historic Earthquake
2008 People's Republic of China Earthquake
20 March 2008 · Xinjiang Province · People's Republic of China
On 20 March 2008 at 22:32 UTC, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck People's Republic of China (Xinjiang Province), at a depth of 10 km. It occurred on the Eurasian Plate. 2,200 homes were destroyed.
- Date
- 20 March 2008
- Time
- 22:32 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.2
- Depth
- 10 km
- Homes Destroyed
- 2,200
- Plate
- Eurasian Plate
- Country
- People's Republic of China
- Nearest Volcano
- Ashikule Volcanic Field (32 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 1924Xinjiang · M 7.3100 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth