Earthquake of 4.9 magnitude strikes China: NCS

A 4.9 magnitude earthquake occurred in China on Sunday.

According to the statement made by the National Center for Seismology (NCS), a 4.9 magnitude earthquake occurred in China on Sunday. According to NCS, the earthquake occurred at a depth of 130 kilometers. In a post on Early on September 8, a magnitude 4.2 earthquake occurred in Xinjiang at a depth of 50 km. In a post on

Shallow earthquakes are generally more dangerous than deep earthquakes. This is because seismic waves from shallow earthquakes have a shorter distance to reach the surface, resulting in stronger ground shaking and potentially more damage to structures and more casualties. China is located between the two largest earthquake zones, namely the circum-Pacific seismic belt and the circum-India seismic belt. Seismic fracture zones are highly developed in this region, which is compressed by the Pacific plate, Indian plate and Philippine plate. Since we entered the 20th century, there have been more than 800 earthquakes of magnitude 6 or greater in China. Earthquakes occurred in almost all provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions except Guizhou, Zhejiang and Hong Kong.

Since 1900, more than 5,50,000 people have died in earthquakes in China; this accounts for 53% of the total loss of life in earthquakes worldwide. According to the Science Museums of China, more than 100 devastating earthquakes have occurred in China’s provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions since 1949; 14 of these were provinces in Eastern China. These earthquakes killed more than 2,70,000 people, accounting for 54% of the total number of deaths due to natural disasters in China. The districts affected by the earthquake cover an area of ​​300,000 square kilometers, and more than 7 million rooms were destroyed due to the earthquakes. Earthquakes and other natural disasters become the main threat to China in times of peace.

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