Earthquake — China: Sichuan Province: S Of Kangding

When

1 Jun 1786

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

7.5

Where

China

Coordinates

29.80° N, 102.10° E

Deaths

435

Intensity mmi

9

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

Magnitude 7 earthquake (1 June 1786) around Kangding, Sichuan province, China

An earthquake occurred on 1 June 1786 in and around Kangding, in what is now China's Sichuan province. It had an estimated magnitude of about 7.75 and a maximum perceived intensity of X (Extreme) on the Mercalli intensity scale. The initial quake killed 435 people. After an aftershock nine days later, a further 100,000 died when a landslide dam collapsed across the Dadu River.

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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 “An earthquake-caused landslide dam on the Dadu River gives way, killing 100,000 in the Sichuan province of China”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Beim Erdbeben im Süden von Kangding werden tausende Personen getötet”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “康定-泸定地震，据当时记载，地震死亡仅430余人，但因地震堰塞湖所淹没及坝倒大水冲刷使沿河两岸村镇因水灾死亡近10万人。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page