1995 Wuding Earthquake
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The 1995 Wuding earthquake occurred on October 23, 1995, at 22:46 UTC (October 24, 1995, at 06:46 local time). The epicenter was located near Fenduo Village (芬多村), Fawo Township (发窝乡) of the
Wuding County Wuding County (; Chuxiong Yi script: , IPA: ) is under the administration of the Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, in the north-central part of Yunnan province, China, bordering Sichuan province to the north. Wuding's county seat is located on ...
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Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked Provinces of China, province in Southwest China, the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is ...
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China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
. The magnitude of the earthquake was put at 6.2, or 6.5. Fifty-three people were reported dead and 13,903 injured. Many houses and public buildings were damaged, including the Fawo Middle School (发窝中学) and the Fawo Township Office. This earthquake could be felt in southwestern
Sichuan Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ...
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List of earthquakes in 1995 This is a list of earthquakes in 1995. Only earthquakes of magnitude 6 or above are included, unless they result in damage or casualties, or are notable for some other reason. All dates are listed according to UTC time. By death toll By ma ...
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List of earthquakes in Yunnan This is a list of earthquakes that have occurred in or have affected Yunnan Province in China. Major earthquakes (≥Magnitude 7.0) Major earthquakes (Magnitude 6.0–6.9) Moderately large earthquakes (≤Magnitude 5.9) See also * ...
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List of earthquakes in China This is a List of earthquakes in China, part of the series of lists of disasters in China. China has been the location of some of the most deadly earthquakes in history. The deadliest was the 1976 Tangshan earthquake with 300,000+ deaths. Earth ...


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