1966_Xingtai_earthquake

1966 Xingtai earthquakes

1966 Xingtai earthquakes

Series of earthquakes affecting Hebei, China


The Xingtai earthquake (Chinese: ; pinyin: Xíngtái Dà Dìzhèn) was a sequence of major earthquakes that took place between March 8 and March 29, 1966, in the area administered by the prefecture-level city of Xingtai in southern Hebei province, People's Republic of China.

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The first earthquake with magnitude 6.0 on the moment magnitude scale and epicenter in Longyao County occurred in the early morning of March 8, 1966. It was followed by a sequence of five earthquakes above magnitude 6 that lasted until March 29, 1966. The strongest of these quakes had a magnitude of 6.8 and took place in the southeastern part of Ningjin County on March 22.[2] The earthquake damage included 8,064 dead, 38,000 injured and more than 5 million destroyed houses.[3]

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References

  1. National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS) (1966), Significant Earthquake Database (Data Set), National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K
  2. "China Virtual Museum - Earthquakes". Archived from the original on 2008-05-21. Retrieved 2008-12-29.
  3. ANSS. "Hebei 1966: M 6.5 - Hebei, China". Comprehensive Catalog. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2018-06-19.
  4. ANSS. "Hebei 1966: M 6.2 - Hebei, China". Comprehensive Catalog. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2018-06-19.
  5. ANSS. "Hebei 1966: M 6.8 - Hebei, China". Comprehensive Catalog. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2018-06-19.
  6. ANSS. "Hebei 1966: M 6.0 - Hebei, China". Comprehensive Catalog. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2018-06-19.
  7. ANSS. "Hebei 1966: M 6.0 - Hebei, China". Comprehensive Catalog. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2018-06-19.

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