Ruins of 1931 earthquake now part of geopark in Xinjiang

Source:China News Service Published: 2019/8/21 14:20:48

The ruins of a magnitude 8 earthquake that hit Fuyun County, Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on August 11, 1931, as photographed on Aug. 20, 2019. A 159-kilometer surface rupture along the Koktokay-Ertai fault zone is today part of the Koktokay National Geopark. (Photo: China News Service/Sun Zifa)


 

The ruins of a magnitude 8 earthquake that hit Fuyun County, Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on August 11, 1931, as photographed on Aug. 20, 2019. A 159-kilometer surface rupture along the Koktokay-Ertai fault zone is today part of the Koktokay National Geopark. (Photo: China News Service/Sun Zifa)


 

The ruins of a magnitude 8 earthquake that hit Fuyun County, Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on August 11, 1931, as photographed on Aug. 20, 2019. A 159-kilometer surface rupture along the Koktokay-Ertai fault zone is today part of the Koktokay National Geopark. (Photo: China News Service/Sun Zifa)


 

The ruins of a magnitude 8 earthquake that hit Fuyun County, Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on August 11, 1931, as photographed on Aug. 20, 2019. A 159-kilometer surface rupture along the Koktokay-Ertai fault zone is today part of the Koktokay National Geopark. (Photo: China News Service/Sun Zifa)


 

The ruins of a magnitude 8 earthquake that hit Fuyun County, Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on August 11, 1931, as photographed on Aug. 20, 2019. A 159-kilometer surface rupture along the Koktokay-Ertai fault zone is today part of the Koktokay National Geopark. (Photo: China News Service/Sun Zifa)


 

Photo taken on Aug. 20, 2019 shows a marmot roaming the ruins of a magnitude 8 earthquake that hit Fuyun County, Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on August 11, 1931. (Photo: China News Service/Sun Zifa)


 

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