What the records say
- When
- 13 Apr 2010
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.9
- Where
- China
- Coordinates
- 33.16° N, 96.55° E
- Deaths
- 2968
- Injuries
- 12135
- Damage musd
- 500
- Houses destroyed
- 15000
- Depth km
- 17
2010 Yushu earthquake
2010 earthquake centered in Yushu, Qinghai, China
The 2010 Yushu earthquake struck on April 14 and registered a magnitude of 6.9 Mw or 7.1 Ms. It originated in Yushu, Qinghai, China, at 7:49 am local time. According to the Xinhua News Agency, 2,698 people were confirmed dead, 270 missing and 12,135 injured, 1,434 of them severely.
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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 “2010 Yushu earthquake: A magnitude 6.9 earthquake strikes in Qinghai, China, killing at least 2,000 and injuring more than 10,000”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Qinghai/Volksrepublik China: Bei einem Erdbeben der Stärke 7,1 auf der Richterskala in der nordwestlichen Provinz des Landes sterben mindestens 1300 Menschen…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “землетрясение магнитудой до 7,1 в Китае”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en la provincia china de Qinghai, un terremoto de 6,9 deja 2.968 muertos y más de 12000 heridos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “2010年玉樹地震”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “青海地震が発生 ：中国青海省玉樹チベット族自治州玉樹県でマグニチュード7.1の地震が起こる。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page