What the records say
- When
- 14 Jan 2000
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.9
- Where
- China
- Coordinates
- 25.61° N, 101.06° E
- Deaths
- 7
- Injuries
- 2528
- Damage musd
- 73.5
- Houses destroyed
- 41000
- Depth km
- 33
2000 Yao'an earthquake
5.9 Mw earthquake in Yunnan, China
On 15 January 2000, at 07:37 CST, a Ms 6.5 or Mw 5.9 earthquake struck Yao'an County in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China, 85 km (53 mi) east of Dali City. The earthquake was preceded by a Mw 5.5 foreshock at 06:09 local time.
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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 “2000 Yunnan earthquake: An earthquake measuring 5.9 in magnitude occurred in the Yunnan province in southwest China”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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