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50th anniversary: A magnitude-7.1 earthquake struck Tonghai County in southern China

Sun, January 5, 2020

7 yr ago

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In 1970, A magnitude-7.1 earthquake struck Tonghai County in southern China, killing at least 10,000 people and eventually spurring the creation of the nation's largest earthquake monitoring system.

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  • 2026-09-25: added to 2020-01-05