What the records say
- When
- 24 Feb 2003
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.3
- Where
- China
- Coordinates
- 39.61° N, 77.23° E
- Deaths
- 261
- Injuries
- 4000
- Houses destroyed
- 71000
- Depth km
- 11
2003 Bachu earthquake
Earthquake in Xinjiang, China
The 2003 Bachu earthquake occurred on 24 February at 10:03 local time in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region in northwest China. The epicenter was located near to the town of Jiashi and Bachu County, approximately 105 km east of Kashgar and 310 km west of Aksu.
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2 sources record it
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “2003 Bachu earthquake: A 6.8 earthquake strikes in Xinjiang, killing 257 people”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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