What the records say
- When
- 22 Dec 1906
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 8.3
- Where
- China
- Coordinates
- 43.50° N, 85.00° E
- Deaths
- 280
- Houses destroyed
- 2000
- Intensity mmi
- 9
- Depth km
- 33
1906 Manasi earthquake
Earthquake in China
The 1906 Manasi earthquake (玛纳斯地震), also known as the Manas earthquake occurred in the morning of December 23, 1906, at 02:21 UTC+8:00 local time or December 22, 18:21 UTC. It measured 8.0–8.3 on the moment magnitude scale and 8.3 on the surface-wave magnitude scale. The epicenter of this earthquake is located in Manas County, Xinjiang, China.
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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 “The 7.9 1906 Manasi earthquake in Xinjiang, China, kills nearly 300 people”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page