Earthquake — China: Gansu: Dingxi, Min

When

21 Jul 2013

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

6.0

Where

China

Coordinates

34.51° N, 104.26° E

Deaths

95

Injuries

887

Damage musd

466

Houses destroyed

123000

Depth km

8

Very strong fatal earthquakes in Gansu province, China

On 22 July 2013, a series of earthquakes occurred in Dingxi, Gansu. The first quake struck at 07:45 China Standard Time with an epicenter located at the border of Min County and Zhang County. The magnitude of the initial earthquake was placed at Ms 6.6 by the China Earthquake Data Center with a focal depth of 20.0 kilometres (12 mi).

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• NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Two earthquakes strike Gansu province, China, killing at least 89 people and injuring over 500.”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Un terremoto de 6,6 deja 95 muertos en la provincia de Gansu en China”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “中國甘肅省定西市岷縣、漳縣交界發生黎克特制6.6級地震，震源深度20公里，造成95死1,001傷。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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