What the records say
- When
- 15 Sep 2021
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.4
- Where
- China
- Coordinates
- 29.18° N, 105.39° E
- Deaths
- 3
- Injuries
- 88
- Damage musd
- 250
- Houses destroyed
- 809
- Intensity mmi
- 7
- Depth km
- 10
2021 Luxian earthquake
Earthquake in China
The 2021 Luxian earthquake was a damaging seismic event occurring in the early hours of September 16 at 04:33 China Standard Time. The surface-wave magnitude (Ms) 6.0 or moment magnitude (Mw) 5.4 earthquake struck at a shallow depth of 7.5 km and severe shaking in an area of 4,000 square kilometers was assigned a maximum intensity of VIII on the China seismic intensity scale.
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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 6.0 magnitude earthquake occurs in Lu County, killing three people”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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