Diexi earthquake of 1933
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The Diexi earthquake of 1933 ( Chinese 叠 溪 大 地震 , Pinyin Diexi da dizhen ), also known as the earthquake in Mao County ( 茂县 大 地震 , Mao xian da dizhen ), occurred on August 25, 1933 in Diexi 叠 溪 , today Mao County , Ngawa Governorate (Aba), in southwest China's Sichuan Province . It had a magnitude M of 7.5.
The earthquake destroyed Diexi and the surrounding towns in the southeast. It caused a lot of landslides. Over 9,000 people were killed. The old place sank in the Diexi Lake created by the landslide in the Min Jiang River .
The epicenter was less than 100 km from that of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake and was also caused by the Longmenshan Fault on the edge of the Sichuan Basin .
Web links
- Earthquake Ruins in Diexi (1933)
- 1933 nian Sichuan Mao Xian fasheng 7.5 ji da dizhen shi-mo (tu)
- The Wenchuan Earthquake
See also
Footnotes
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Coordinates: 32 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ N , 103 ° 42 ′ 0 ″ E