1970 |
Tonghai, Yunnan Province, China
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7.5 |
10,000 deaths. One of the world's deadliest earthquakes.
The earthquake was centered 75 miles southwest of
Kunming, a city of almost one million population,
and 60 miles northwest of Gejiu (Kokiu), which
has 180,000 people.
Residents in Hanoi, North Vietnam, about 300 miiles
from the epicenter, fled from their homes in
terror as the temblor rumbled through
that city.
From the Earthquake Information Bulletin, Volume 2, Number 3.
That severe damage occurred in the
Tonghai area may be inferred from the
approximate number of casualties, which
was announced in 1988.
It caused about
50 km (about 30 mi) of surface faulting
on the Tonghai Fault, with maximum
horizontal offset of 2.5 m (8 ft) and
vertical offset of about 0.5 m (1.5 ft).
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