- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- December 8, 1952 CE
- Location:
- 97 km NW of Jinghong, China
- Magnitude:
- 6.21 Mw
- Depth:
- 15 km
- Intensity (MMI):
- 7.276
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 4 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 6.21
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 6.5
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 5.8
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 6.68
Other earthquake records of 1952 CE
- Russia, Kamchatka Peninsula · Mw 9 · 10,000 deaths
- Turkey, Pasinler (Hasankale), Erzurum · Mw 5.7 · 103 deaths
- Turkey, Pasinler (Hasankale), Erzincan · 94 deaths
- China, Tibet (Xizang Province) · 54 deaths
- Japan, Hokkaido · Mw 8.1 · 33 deaths
- Costa Rica · 29 deaths
Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) Comprehensive Catalog (ComCat) · License: U.S. Public Domain (USGS) · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did M 6.2 - 97 km NW of Jinghong, China (1952 CE) happen?
- December 8, 1952 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from U.S. Geological Survey, Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) Comprehensive Catalog (ComCat); it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.
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