1966 Xingtai Earthquake
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The Xingtai Earthquake was a sequence of major earthquakes that took place between March 8 and March 29, 1966 in the area administered by the prefecture-level city
of Xingtai
in southern Hebei
province, People's Republic of China
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The first earthquake with magnitude 6.8 on the Richter scale and epicenter in Longyao County
occurred in the early morning of March 8, 1966. It was followed by a sequence of five earthquakes above magnitude 6 on the Richter scale that lasted until March 29, 1966. The strongest of these quakes had a magnitude of 7.2 and took place in the southeastern part of Ningjin County on March 22. The earthquake damage included 8,064 dead, 38,000 injured and more than 5 million destroyed houses.
Prefecture-level city
A prefectural level city , prefectural city or prefectural level municipality is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China, ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure. Prefectural level cities form the second level of the administrative...
of Xingtai
Xingtai
Xingtai is a city in southern Hebei province, North China. The prefecture-level city of Xingtai, with a total area of , administers 2 districts, 2 county-level cities and 15 counties. In 2004 it had an urban population of 561,400 and a total population of 6.73 million...
in southern Hebei
Hebei
' is a province of the People's Republic of China in the North China region. Its one-character abbreviation is "" , named after Ji Province, a Han Dynasty province that included what is now southern Hebei...
province, People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
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The first earthquake with magnitude 6.8 on the Richter scale and epicenter in Longyao County
Longyao County
-Administrative Divisions:Towns:*Longyao Town , Weijiazhuang , Yincun , Shankou , Lianzi , Gucheng Townships:*Beilou Township , Dongliang Township , Shuangbei Township , Niujiaqiao Township , Qianhuying Township , Dazhangzhuang Township Liuxing Farm -External Links:...
occurred in the early morning of March 8, 1966. It was followed by a sequence of five earthquakes above magnitude 6 on the Richter scale that lasted until March 29, 1966. The strongest of these quakes had a magnitude of 7.2 and took place in the southeastern part of Ningjin County on March 22. The earthquake damage included 8,064 dead, 38,000 injured and more than 5 million destroyed houses.