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|magnitude = 7.5 Ms |depth = 〔Hu et al. (1996), p. 106.〕 |location = |damage = Between USD 5 to 25 million |countries affected = People's Republic of China |casualties = At least 15,621 dead }} The 1970 Tonghai earthquake occurred on 4 January 1970 in Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China. The rupture originated on the Red River fault, which had not experienced an earthquake above magnitude 7 since 1700. The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.7 and killed at least 15,000 people, making it one of the deadliest in its decade. The tremor caused between US$5 to $25 million in damage,〔This would cost roughly US$28,194,000 to $140,968,000 in 2008 US$. See (Inflation Calculator ).〕 felt over an area of . In Hanoi, North Vietnam, almost from the epicenter, victims left their homes as the rupture rumbled through the city. Occurring during the height of the Cultural Revolution, it was not widely publicized by the Chinese government for well over a decade. The amount of aid and finances distributed was described by the Beijing Morning Post as "pathetically small".〔 Much of the aid provided to survivors was in "spiritual" form,〔 including Mao Zedong badges and condolence letters. Nevertheless, the earthquake was among the first to be studied over a long term by the Chinese government. It was cited as one of the reasons behind creating the largest earthquake monitoring system in China, 25 years later. ==Background and tectonics== Yunnan, the epicentral region, is one of the more seismically active Chinese provinces. The earliest earthquake recorded there was in the 9th century; however, moderate to strong ones have been observed since the 15th century.〔 Since the 9th century, 32 earthquakes with a magnitude of 7 or greater have occurred in the province. Shallow strike-slip faulting is a characteristic of Yunnan quakes.〔Chen & Scawthorn (2002), p. 442.〕 Earthquakes in southwestern Yunnan, such as the 1970 Tonghai event, are less frequent than in other parts of the province. The Red River fault, the fault line on which this quake is alleged to have occurred, has lacked seismological activity as a whole.〔 Red River temblors generally rise at high angles, as shown in a 1962 Ministry of Geology report.〔Allen et al. (1984), p. 687.〕 Marking in sedimentary rocks indicate that several large earthquakes formed on the fault during the Pleistocene and Holocene epochs.〔Allen et al. (1984), p. 686.〕 Until this quake, no earthquake above magnitude 7.0 on the Richter scale had occurred on this fault since about 1700, and the fault was believed to be "dead". Since the 1970 Tonghai rupture, it is believed that the Red River fault is instead experiencing a long seismic gap similar to that of the Japan Median Tectonic Line, on which no major temblor has formed since 700 but produced massive ones during the Holocene epoch.〔Allen et al. (1984), p. 689.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1970 Tonghai earthquake」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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