What the records say
- When
- 4 Jan 1970
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 7.1
- Where
- China
- Coordinates
- 24.16° N, 102.47° E
- Deaths
- 15621
- Intensity mmi
- 10
- Depth km
- 31
1970 Tonghai earthquake
1970 earthquake in southwest China and northern Vietnam
An earthquake occurred in Tonghai, Yunnan province, China at 01:00:41 local time on 5 January 1970 with a moment magnitude of 7.1 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). The strike-slip rupture originated on the Red River Fault, which had not experienced an earthquake above magnitude 7 since 1700. At least 10,000 people were killed, making it one of the deadliest in its decade.
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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 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Un terremoto de 7,1 sacude el condado chino de Tonghai matando a 15.600 personas”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page