1917 Sichuan earthquake

Earthquake in Yunnan, China 1917 Sichuan earthquake 28.405 N 104.285 E inline,title China Yunnan 1917-07-30 23:54:08 iscgem913594 1917 7 31 y 07:54:08 CST (UTC+8) w y 7.0 15 km mi 0 on Yunnan, China 9 1,800 fatalities, "many" injuries 913594 The 1917 Sichuan earthquake occurred on 31 July, in Yunnan Province, Republic of China, with a moment magnitude of 7.0,M 7.0 - 42 km W of Xunchang, China 1917 iscgem913594 killing at least 1,800 people.National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS): NCEI/WDS Global Significant Earthquake Database. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information Significant Earthquake Information https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/earthquake/event-more-info/3090 20 June 2025 Tectonic setting Yunnan lies in a tectonically complex zone affected by the broad zone of deformation associated with the ongoing collision between the Indian plate and the Eurasian plate. A rhomb-shaped fault-bounded block, known as the Sichuan-Yunnan Block, is recognised that is bounded by the active left-lateral strike-slip faults of the Xianshuihe fault system and the currently right lateral Red River Fault and Jinshajiang Fault.Allen C.R. Gillespie A.R. Yuan H. Sieh K.E. Buchun Z. Chengnan Z. amp 1984 Red River and associated faults, Yunnan Province, China: Quaternary geology, slip rates and seismic hazard http://www.gps.caltech.edu/~sieh/pubs_docs/papers/P84f.pdf dead Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 95 6 686–700 1984GSAB...95..686A 10.1130/0016-7606(1984)95<686:rraafy>2.0.co;2 https://web.archive.org/web/20120212202534/http://www.gps.caltech.edu/~sieh/pubs_docs/papers/P84f.pdf 12 February 2012 20 June 2025Meng G. Ren J. Shen Z. Wang M. Gan W. Wang Q. Qiao X. amp 2008 Research into fault motion in Sichuan-Yunnan Region, China incorporating earthquake risk analysis ftp://jetty.ecn.purdue.edu/spujol/Andres/files/S02-046.PDF dead https://web.archive.org/web/20200727181612/ftp://jetty.ecn.purdue.edu/spujol/Andres/files/S02-046.PDF 27 July 2020 20 June 2025 The 14 th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering October 12–17, 2008, Beijing, China Earthquake The earthquake had an epicenter located 42 km west from the town of Xunchang which is a part of the Yunnan Province. It had a maximum Modified Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). The earthquake was felt in Ludian, Hechuan, Hanyuan, Rong, Yibin, Dafang, Wutongqiao, Bijie, Weining and Huize. Impact More than 1,800 merchants, including merchants, travelers, soldiers and local civilians were killed by the earthquake. References Category:Disasters in Sichuan Category:Earthquakes in Sichuan Category:1917 in China Category:1917 earthquakes Category:1917 disasters in Asia Category:July 1917 in Asia Category:20th century in Sichuan