What the records say
- When
- 11 Apr 1870
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 7.3
- Where
- China
- Coordinates
- 30.00° N, 99.00° E
- Deaths
- 2300
- Intensity mmi
- 10
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
1870 Batang earthquake
Earthquake in China
On April 11, 1870, a moment magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Batang County in Sichuan, China. The earthquake had a maximum Modified Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). The earthquake and a large fire resulted in between 2,300 and 5,000 fatalities.
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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 7.3 magnitude earthquake shakes the Chinese county of Batang causing a fire that leaves about 5,000 dead”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page