What the records say
- When
- 1 Dec 2003
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.0
- Where
- China
- Coordinates
- 42.91° N, 80.52° E
- Deaths
- 11
- Injuries
- 47
- Houses destroyed
- 769
- Depth km
- 10
2003 Zhaosu earthquake
Earthquake near the China-Kazakhstan border
A Ms 6.1 earthquake struck the China–Kazakhstan border region on 1 December 2003 at 01:38 UTC. The epicenter was located in Raiymbek District, Almaty Region, Kazakhstan, just 2 km (1.2 mi) from the border with Zhaosu County, Xinjiang, China.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA · Read the article
The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page