1933 Diexi earthquake

Earthquake centered in Sichuan Province, China 1933 Diexi earthquake China 1933-08-25 07:50:32 905779 iscgem905779 1933 08 25 15:50:32 7.3 w y 15 km mi 0 on 32.01 103.68 region:CN_type:event inline,title (Diexi, Mao County, Sichuan) Republic of China Extreme 10 6,865–9,300 dead 1,925 injured 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 an estimated 6,865–9,300 killed, making it the deadliest earthquake in 1933. This earthquake destroyed the town of Diexi and surrounding villages, and induced numerous landslides.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/1950156/Chinese-earthquake-linked-to-mountain-building.html Chinese earthquake linked to mountain building The Daily Telegraph 12 May 2008 Roger Highfield The old town of Diexi was submerged in the 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 ISC-GEM Global Instrumental Earthquake Catalogue (1900–2012) http://www.isc.ac.uk/iscgem/index.php ISC 2016 International Seismological Centre Version 3.0 Significant Earthquake Database https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/form?t=101650&s=1&d=1 https://web.archive.org/web/20060929000601/http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/form?t=101650&s=1&d=1 dead September 29, 2006 National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS) National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA 10.7289/V5TD9V7K 1972 Data Set PAGER-CAT Earthquake Catalog https://earthquake.usgs.gov/static/lfs/data/pager/catalogs/ September 4, 2009 United States Geological Survey Version 2008_06.1 External links 905779 Category:1933 in China 1933 Diexi Category:1933 earthquakes Category:1930 disasters in China Category:August 1933 in Asia