What the records say
- When
- 6 Nov 1983
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.3
- Where
- China
- Coordinates
- 35.21° N, 115.21° E
- Deaths
- 34
- Injuries
- 2200
- Damage musd
- 5
- Houses destroyed
- 3300
- Intensity mmi
- 7
- Depth km
- 19
1983 Heze earthquake
Earthquake in Shandong, China
The 1983 Heze earthquake occurred near the administrative borders between the provinces of Shandong and Henan in the People's Republic of China on November 7, 1983, at 05:09 local time and date. The earthquake had a body-wave magnitude of 5.7 and a maximum intensity of VII on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale. The event caused 34 deaths and injured 2,200 people. More than 3,300 houses were destroyed.
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