1966 Xingtai earthquakes

Xingtai earthquake

UTC time	1966-03-22 08:19:36
ISC event	849480
USGS-ANSS	ComCat
Local date	March 22, 1966 (1966-03-22)
Local time	16:19:36
Magnitude	6.8 Mw (strongest quake)
Depth	20 km
Epicenter	37°04′N 114°29′E
Areas affected	People's Republic of China
Max. intensity	MMI X (Extreme)[1]
Casualties	8,064 dead, 38,000 injured

The Xingtai earthquake (Chinese: 邢台大地震; 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.

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]

Earthquakes

Date (YYYY-MM-DD)	Time (UTC)	Latitude	Longitude	Depth	Magnitude	Source
1966-03-07	21:29:19	37.156° N	114.875° E	20 km (12 mi)	6.5 (Mw )	[4]
1966-03-22	08:11:37	37.535° N	115.039° E	20 km (12 mi)	6.2 (Mw )	[5]
1966-03-22	08:19:36	37.545° N	115.061° E	20 km (12 mi)	6.8 (Mw )	[6]
1966-03-26	15:19:04	37.714° N	115.275° E	20 km (12 mi)	6.0 (Mw )	[7]
1966-03-29	12:00:00	37.464° N	115.127° E	20 km (12 mi)	6.0 (Mw )	[8]

See also

• List of earthquakes in 1966
• List of earthquakes in China

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. ""Major earthquakes on Chinese mainland since 1966" by the Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in Houston". Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2008-12-29.
4. ANSS. "Hebei 1966: M 6.5 – Hebei, China". Comprehensive Catalog. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2018-06-19.
5. ANSS. "Hebei 1966: M 6.2 – Hebei, China". Comprehensive Catalog. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2018-06-19.
6. ANSS. "Hebei 1966: M 6.8 – 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.
8. ANSS. "Hebei 1966: M 6.0 – Hebei, China". Comprehensive Catalog. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2018-06-19.