What the records say
- When
- 28 Jun 1626
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 7.1
- Where
- China
- Coordinates
- 39.43° N, 114.20° E
- Deaths
- 5200
- Intensity mmi
- 9
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1626 Lingqiu earthquake
1626 earthquake in China
The 1626 Lingqiu earthquake had an epicentre in Lingqiu County, Shanxi Province during the Ming dynasty. The estimated surface wave magnitude (Ms) 7.0 earthquake caused many buildings to collapse. Over 5,200 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 “A 7.0 magnitude earthquake strikes Lingqiu County, in China, killing 5,200 residents”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Un terremoto de 7,0 sacude el condado de Lingqiu, en China, dejando un saldo de 5.200 fallecidos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page