What the records say
- When
- 14 Apr 1955
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 7.5
- Where
- China
- Coordinates
- 30.00° N, 101.80° E
- Deaths
- 39
- Injuries
- 113
- Houses destroyed
- 500
- Intensity mmi
- 9
1955 Zheduotang earthquake
April 1955 earthquake in Sichuan, China
The 1955 Zheduotang earthquake, also known as the Kangding earthquake occurred on April 14 at 09:29:02 local time near the city of Kangding in the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan. The earthquake had a moment magnitude of 7.0 and a surface wave magnitude of 7.1 and struck at a depth of 10 km. Severe damage occurred in Kangding with the loss of 70 lives.
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- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page