1933 Diexi earthquake

Earthquake centered in Sichuan Province, China
32°01′N 103°41′E / 32.01°N 103.68°E / 32.01; 103.68 [1]
(Diexi, Mao County, Sichuan)Areas affectedRepublic of ChinaTotal damageExtreme [2]Max. intensityMMI X (Extreme)[2]Casualties6,865–9,300 dead [3]
1,925 injured [3]

The 1933 Diexi earthquake occurred in Diexi, Mao County, Sichuan, Republic of China on August 25 with a moment magnitude of 7.3 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). With up to 9,300 killed, this was the deadliest earthquake in 1933.

This earthquake destroyed the town of Diexi and surrounding villages, and caused many landslides.[4] The old town of Diexi was submerged in landslide dam-created Diexi Lake.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c ISC (2016), ISC-GEM Global Instrumental Earthquake Catalogue (1900–2012), Version 3.0, International Seismological Centre
  2. ^ a b National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS) (1972), Significant Earthquake Database (Data Set), National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K
  3. ^ a b USGS (September 4, 2009), PAGER-CAT Earthquake Catalog, Version 2008_06.1, United States Geological Survey
  4. ^ Highfield, Roger (12 May 2008), "Chinese earthquake linked to mountain building", The Daily Telegraph

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  • The International Seismological Centre has a bibliography and/or authoritative data for this event.
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