1918 Shantou earthquake

Earthquake in Guangdong, China 1918 Shantou earthquake 1918-02-13 06:07:18 913072 iscgem913072 February 13, 1918 14:07:18 CST China Guangdong ModerateTsunami Event Information GUANGDONG PROVINCE https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/tsunami/event-more-info/1451 NGDC NCEI NCEI 16 March 2021 15 km on 23.54 117.24 inline, title 7.2 w y X China, Hong Kong 1,000 in ShantouSouth China Morning Post. "SCMP https://web.archive.org/web/20080521040601/http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.06f0b401397a029733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=6c37fc6257ce1110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&s=Archive 2008-05-21 ." Article. Retrieved on 2008-12-16. The 1918 Shantou earthquake occurred in Shantou, Guangdong, Republic of China. Serious damage and high casualty numbers were reported in Guangdong and the surrounding provinces. It also caused some damage in British Hong Kong. Earthquake The event was a large intraplate earthquake occurring within the Eurasian plate, at the margin of the South China Sea. It displayed a strike-slip focal mechanism. This location hosts a rift zone, and was previously the site of subduction and collision during the Mesozoic. During the Cenozoic, extensional tectonics occurred. At least 14 earthquakes greater than magnitude 6.0 have been recorded historically. Offshore is the Littoral Fault Zone, a NE–ENE trending fault zone which runs parallel to the coast. Another fault, the Huanggangshui Fault, intersects the Littoral Fault Zone in a NE direction. In 1600, another magnitude 7.0 earthquake occurred in the same location as the 1918 event.Xia Shaohong Zhou Pengxiang Zhao Dapeng Cao Jinghe Seismogenic structure in the source zone of the 1918 M7.5 NanAo earthquake in the northern South China Sea Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 2020 302 106472 10.1016/j.pepi.2020.106472 2020PEPI..30206472X 216208216 Damage The earthquake occurred on February 13, 1918, at 14:07 in the afternoon. The epicenter location is believed to be centered off Nan'ao Island or about 300 km northeast of the territory of Hong Kong, where the quake caused only minor damage and cracks to buildings in the territory.The Standard HK. "The Standard.com https://web.archive.org/web/20070716021626/http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=13&art_id=27370&sid=9895531&con_type=1 2007-07-16 ." Article. Retrieved on 2008-12-16. Nearer to the epicenter area, the earthquake had a maximum Modified Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme).Significant Earthquake Information CHINA: GUANGDONG PROVINCE https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/earthquake/event-more-info/3110 NGDC NCEI NCEI 16 March 2021 The eight provinces that were affected by the earthquake were Fujian, Guangdong, Hunan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Anhui, and Hubei. Shaking was strong enough to cause damage to be felt over a 500,000 km2 area, covering 130 counties.zh:盘点广东百年地震 南澳最恐怖阳江最频繁 http://news.dayoo.com/guangdong/200809/09/53873_4077433_9.htm zh:大洋新闻 16 March 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20101124152303/http://news.dayoo.com/guangdong/200809/09/53873_4077433_9.htm 2010-11-24 zh 2010-07-01 In Zhao'an, Fujian Province alone, more than 3,000 homes collapsed, trapping or killing many residents. The Chao'an District of Chaozhou City in Guangdong Province saw 20% of all residential buildings completely destroyed and another 40% partially collapsed. In the prefectural-level city of Jieyang, almost all of the homes in the area were damaged, with at least half of them completely destroyed. Many pagodas, homes and temples in Suzhou, Guangzhou and Nanjing partially collapsed or were damaged due to the earthquake. The death toll from the disasters was at least a thousand, with many more wounded. The casualties included foreign traders and diplomats.zh:广东历史地震 http://www.chenghai.net.cn/e/kp/kpe-05.htm zh chenghai.net.cn https://web.archive.org/web/20050217040647/http://www.chenghai.net.cn/e/kp/kpe-05.htm 16 March 2021 2005-02-17 It is the only earthquake in Hong Kong's history to have caused damage. It was estimated to reach intensity VII on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale, Since the Royal Observatory, Hong Kong did not start operating long-period seismographs until 1921.HKO. "Hong Kong Observatory https://web.archive.org/web/20191022222527/https://www.hko.gov.hk/wservice/tsheet/seismo.htm 2019-10-22 ." Seismological measurements in HK. Retrieved on 2008-12-16. According to the Hongkong Telegraph, the quake threw the whole Central District into a state of panic. The shock lasted about half a minute and could be felt over the entirety of Hong Kong Island and Kowloon.Bard, Solomon. [2002] (2002). Voices from the Past: Hong Kong, 1842–1918. HK University Press. 962-209-574-7. pg 36 As a result of the earthquake, numerous fissures opened in the ground, most of them several meters long and tens of centimeters wide. However, larger cracks up to many tens of meters long and up to one meter wide also formed. One crack along a coastal road in Shantou measured up to 330 meters long, and began blasting hot water. In Zhangpu County numerous cracks as wide as 33 centimeters and 100 meters long erupted black and yellow mud but closed up after the tremor was over. See also List of earthquakes in 1918 List of earthquakes in China 1994 Taiwan Strait earthquake References International Handbook of Earthquake & Engineering Seismology Part A, Volume 81A Global seismicity: 1900–1999 E. R. Engdahl A. Vallaseñor 2002 https://earthquake.usgs.gov/data/centennial/centennial.pdf Academic Press First 978-0124406520 674 External links Seismicity of Hong Kong The contents of the publications of the Imperial Earthquake Investigation Committee 913072 Category:History of Shantou Category:Earthquakes in Guangdong Shantou Earthquake, 1918 Shantou Earthquake, 1918 Shantou Category:1910s tsunamis Category:Tsunamis in China Category:1918 disasters in Asia Category:1918 disasters in China Category:February 1918 in Asia Category:20th century in Guangdong