32°01′N103°41′E / 32.01°N 103.68°E / 32.01; 103.68[1] (Diexi, Mao County, Sichuan)
Areas affected
Republic of China
Total damage
Extreme [2]
Max. intensity
MMI X (Extreme)[2]
Casualties
6,865–9,300 dead [3] 1,925 injured [3]
The 1933 Diexi earthquake occurred in Diexi, Mao County, Sichuan, Republic of China on August 25 with a moment magnitude of 7.3 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). With up to 9,300 killed, this was the deadliest earthquake in 1933.
This earthquake destroyed the town of Diexi and surrounding villages, and caused many landslides.[4] The old town of Diexi was submerged in landslide dam-created Diexi Lake.
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