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)
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
- 2008 Sichuan earthquake
- List of earthquakes in 1933
- List of earthquakes in China
- List of earthquakes in Sichuan
References
- ^ a b c ISC (2016), ISC-GEM Global Instrumental Earthquake Catalogue (1900–2012), Version 3.0, International Seismological Centre
- ^ 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
- ^ a b USGS (September 4, 2009), PAGER-CAT Earthquake Catalog, Version 2008_06.1, United States Geological Survey
- ^ Highfield, Roger (12 May 2008), "Chinese earthquake linked to mountain building", The Daily Telegraph
External links
- The International Seismological Centre has a bibliography and/or authoritative data for this event.
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Earthquakes in the 1930s
- Bago (7.5, May 5) †
- Salmas (7.1, May 6) †‡
- Irpinia (6.6, July 3) †
- Dhubri (7.1, July 3)
- Senigallia (5,8, Oct 30)
- North Izu (7.3, Nov 26) †
- Pyu (7.3, Dec 4) †
- Jalisco (8.2 & 7.7 & 7.0, June 3 & 18 & 22) †
- Eureka (6.4, June 6)
- Ierissos (7.0 Sept 26) †‡
- Cedar Mountain (7.2, Dec 20)
- Changma (7.6, Dec 25) †
- Sanriku (8.4, Mar 2) †
- Long Beach (6.4, Mar 10) †
- Kos (6.4, Apr 23) †
- Sumatra (7.7, Jun 24) †
- Diexi (7.3 Aug 25) †‡
- Baffin Bay (7.7, Nov 20)
- Bihar (8.0, January 15) † ‡
- Pahiatua (7.6, Mar 5)
- Hansel Valley (6.6, March 12)
- Erdek–Marmara Islands (7.4, Jan 4)
- Shinchiku-Taichū (7.1, Apr 21) †
- Digor (6.1, May 1) †
- Quetta (7.7, May 31) †‡
- Helena (6.2, Oct 19)
- Timiskaming (6.1, Nov 1)
- Sumatra (7.7, Dec 28)
† indicates earthquake resulting in at least 30 deaths
‡ indicates the deadliest earthquake of the year
‡ indicates the deadliest earthquake of the year
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