Earthquake — China: Liaoning Province: Yingtao, Anshan

When

4 Feb 1975

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

7.4

Where

China

Coordinates

40.64° N, 122.58° E

Deaths

300

Intensity mmi

10

Depth km

33

Earthquake in Haicheng, Liaoning, China

On February 4, 1975, at 19:36 CST, an earthquake of Ms 7.5 and intensity (MMI) IX hit the city of Haicheng, Liaoning, China. The successful early evacuation ordered by Chinese officials, based mainly on the pronounced foreshock sequence leading up to the earthquake, makes it a notable instance of earthquake prediction.

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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 Haicheng earthquake in Haicheng, Liaoning, China, kills 2,041 and injures 27,538”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “землетрясение в Хайчэне (КНР), 1328 погибших”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en la ciudad de Haicheng (China) se registra un fuerte terremoto de 7,5, causando la muerte de más de 2000 personas”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “中国海城地震。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page