What the records say
- When
- 1738
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.5
- Where
- China
- Coordinates
- 33.30° N, 96.60° E
- Deaths
- 336
- Intensity mmi
- 8
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1738 Dangjiang earthquake
Earthquake in China
On 23 December 1738 the province of Qinghai was struck by an earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 7.6 Mw. It ruptured the westernmost part of the Xianshuihe fault system, the Dangjiang segment. It led to 261–500 deaths.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page