What the records say
- When
- 25 Dec 1932
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 7.6
- Where
- China
- Coordinates
- 39.70° N, 96.70° E
- Deaths
- 275
- Injuries
- 320
- Houses destroyed
- 1167
- Intensity mmi
- 10
1932 Changma earthquake
1932 earthquake in central China
The 1932 Changma earthquake occurred at 10:04:27 local time on 25 December. With an estimated magnitude of 7.6 on the surface-wave magnitude scale, and a maximum felt intensity of X (Extreme) on the Mercalli intensity scale, the quake destroyed 1,167 houses and caused 275 to 70,000 deaths and 320 injuries.
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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 “The 7.6 Changma earthquake shakes the Gansu Province in China with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page