Series of earthquakes affecting Hebei, China
37°04′N 114°29′E / 37.067°N 114.483°E / 37.067; 114.483Areas affected | People's Republic of China |
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Max. intensity | MMI X (Extreme)[1] |
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Casualties | 8,064 dead, 38,000 injured |
The Xingtai earthquake (Chinese: 邢台大地震; pinyin: Xíngtái Dà Dìzhèn) was a sequence of major earthquakes that took place between March 8 and March 29, 1966, in the area administered by the prefecture-level city of Xingtai in southern Hebei province, People's Republic of China.
The first earthquake with magnitude 6.0 on the moment magnitude scale and epicenter in Longyao County occurred in the early morning of March 8, 1966. It was followed by a sequence of five earthquakes above magnitude 6 that lasted until March 29, 1966. The strongest of these quakes had a magnitude of 6.8 and took place in the southeastern part of Ningjin County on March 22.[2] The earthquake damage included 8,064 dead, 38,000 injured and more than 5 million destroyed houses.[3]
Earthquakes
Date (YYYY-MM-DD) | Time (UTC) | Latitude | Longitude | Depth | Magnitude | Source |
1966-03-07 | 21:29:19 | 37.156° N | 114.875° E | 20 km (12 mi) | 6.5 (Mw ) | [4] |
1966-03-22 | 08:11:37 | 37.535° N | 115.039° E | 20 km (12 mi) | 6.2 (Mw ) | [5] |
1966-03-22 | 08:19:36 | 37.545° N | 115.061° E | 20 km (12 mi) | 6.8 (Mw ) | [6] |
1966-03-26 | 15:19:04 | 37.714° N | 115.275° E | 20 km (12 mi) | 6.0 (Mw ) | [7] |
1966-03-29 | 12:00:00 | 37.464° N | 115.127° E | 20 km (12 mi) | 6.0 (Mw ) | [8] |
See also
References
- ^ National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS) (1966), Significant Earthquake Database (Data Set), National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K
- ^ "China Virtual Museum - Earthquakes". Archived from the original on 2008-05-21. Retrieved 2008-12-29.
- ^ ""Major earthquakes on Chinese mainland since 1966" by the Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in Houston". Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2008-12-29.
- ^ ANSS. "Hebei 1966: M 6.5 - Hebei, China". Comprehensive Catalog. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2018-06-19.
- ^ ANSS. "Hebei 1966: M 6.2 - Hebei, China". Comprehensive Catalog. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2018-06-19.
- ^ ANSS. "Hebei 1966: M 6.8 - Hebei, China". Comprehensive Catalog. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2018-06-19.
- ^ ANSS. "Hebei 1966: M 6.0 - Hebei, China". Comprehensive Catalog. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2018-06-19.
- ^ ANSS. "Hebei 1966: M 6.0 - Hebei, China". Comprehensive Catalog. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2018-06-19.
- Xingtai (7.2, March 8) ‡†
- Hualien (8.0, March 12)
- Toro (6.8, March 20) †
- Tashkent (5.1, April 26) †
- Varto (6.8, Aug 19) †
- Peru (8.1, Oct 17) †
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† indicates earthquake resulting in at least 30 deaths ‡ indicates the deadliest earthquake of the year |
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