Series of earthquakes affecting Hebei, China
TheXingtai earthquake (Chinese :邢 台 大 地 震 pinyin :Xíngtái Dà Dìzhèn prefecture-level city ofXingtai in southernHebei province, People's Republic ofChina .
The first earthquake with magnitude 6.0 on themoment magnitude scale and epicenter inLongyao 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 ofNingjin County on March 22.[ 2] [ 3]
Date Time 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]
† indicates earthquake resulting in at least 30 deaths‡ indicates the deadliest earthquake of the year
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