What the records say
- When
- 14 Oct 1709
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 7.5
- Where
- China
- Coordinates
- 37.40° N, 105.30° E
- Deaths
- 2032
- Intensity mmi
- 10
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1709 Zhongwei earthquake
Earthquake in China
The region of Ningxia was struck by a major earthquake on the morning of 14 October 1709. It had an estimated magnitude of 7.5 Ms and a maximum felt intensity of X (extreme) on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale. The city of Zhongwei was badly damaged, including a section of the Great Wall. A total of 2,032 people were killed.
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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 Chinese region of Ningxia is shaken by a 7.5 earthquake killing more than 2,000 people”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Ningxia (China), se registra un terremoto de 7,5 que deja más de 2000 muertos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page