List of earthquakes in China

This is a list of earthquakes in China:

Date	Event	Epicenter	Magnitude	Deaths	Description
01290-09-27 September 27, 1290	1290 Chihli earthquake[1]	41°30′N 119°18′E / 41.5°N 119.3°E / 41.5; 119.3 Ningcheng County	6.8 Ms	~100,000
01303-09-25 September 25, 1303	1303 Shanxi earthquake[2]	No data Shanxi, China	8.0 ML	200,000+	Taiyuan and Pingyang were leveled to the ground.
01556-01-23 January 23, 1556	1556 Shaanxi earthquake	34°30′N 109°18′E / 34.50°N 109.30°E / 34.50; 109.30 Shaanxi, China	8.0 MW	820,000+	Deadliest earthquake of all time.
01786-06-01 June 1, 1786	1786 Kangding-Luding earthquake[3][4]	No data Sichuan, China	7.75 ML	100,000+	The earthquake triggered a landslide that formed an artificial mud dam which blocked the Dadu River. Ten days later, this dam was breached resulting in a catastrophic mudslide flooding estimated to have taken the lives of over 100,000 people.
01920-12-16 December 16, 1920	1920 Haiyuan earthquake	36°30′N 105°42′E / 36.50°N 105.70°E / 36.50; 105.70 Ningxia, China	7.8 ML	234,117	4th deadliest earthquake of all time.
01927-05-22 May 22, 1927	1927 Gulang earthquake	37°23′N 102°19′E / 37.39°N 102.31°E / 37.39; 102.31	7.6 Mw	40,900
	1931 China earthquake	No data	No data
01932-12-25 December 25, 1932	1932 Changma earthquake	39°42′N 96°42′E / 39.7°N 96.7°E / 39.7; 96.7	7.6 Ms	275
01933-08-25 August 25, 1933	1933 Diexi earthquake	32°00′N 103°42′E / 32.0°N 103.7°E / 32.0; 103.7 Sichuan, China	7.5 MS	9,000
	1950 Chayu earthquake[5]	No data	No data
	1955 Kangding earthquake	No data	No data
01966-03-08 March 8, 1966	1966 Xingtai earthquake[6]	37°04′N 114°29′E / 37.067°N 114.483°E / 37.067; 114.483 Xingtai	7.2	8,064
01970-01-04 January 4, 1970	1970 Tonghai earthquake	No data Yunnan, China	7.3 MS	15,621
	1973 Luhuo earthquake	No data	No data
01974-05-10 May 10, 1974	1974 Zhaotong earthquake	28°12′N 104°00′E / 28.2°N 104.0°E / 28.2; 104.0 Yunnan, China	6.8	20,000[7]
01975-02-04 February 4, 1975	1975 Haicheng earthquake	No data Liaoning, China	7.3 MS	1,328	Many lives were saved as a result of evacuations ordered by seismologists in China who predicted the quake the day before.
01976-07-28 July 28, 1976	1976 Tangshan earthquake	No data Hebei, China	7.5 MW	242,419	3rd deadliest earthquake of all time.
01976-08-16 August 16, 1976	1976 Songpan-Pingwu earthquake	No data Sichuan, China	7.2 MS	41
	1980 Xinjiang earthquake	No data Yecheng, Xinjiang, China	6.0 M_B	No data
January 23, 1981	1981 Dawu earthquake	30°56′N 101°06′E / 30.93°N 101.10°E / 30.93; 101.10	6.8 ML	150+
01996-02-03 February 3, 1996	1996 Lijiang earthquake	No data Yunnan, China	7.0 MS	200
02001-11-14 November 14, 2001	2001 Kunlun earthquake	36°07′N 90°32′E / 36.12°N 90.54°E / 36.12; 90.54 Qinghai, China	7.8 MW	None
02003-02-24 February 24, 2003	2003 Bachu Earthquake	39°37′N 77°14′E / 39.61°N 77.24°E / 39.61; 77.24 Xinjiang, China	6.3 MW	261
02005-11-26 November 26, 2005	2005 Ruichang earthquake	29°39′25″N 115°43′01″E / 29.657°N 115.717°E / 29.657; 115.717 Jiangxi, China	5.2 to 5.7 MS	14
02006-07-22 July 22, 2006	2006 Yanjin earthquake	27°59′31″N 104°12′54″E / 27.992°N 104.215°E / 27.992; 104.215 Yunnan, China	5.2 MW	19	Damaged local railroad tracks including Neijiang-Kunming line.
02008-05-12 May 12, 2008	2008 Sichuan earthquake	31°01′16″N 103°22′01″E / 31.021°N 103.367°E / 31.021; 103.367 Sichuan, China	7.9 MW	68,712	The deadliest earthquake in China since the 1976 Tangshan earthquake 32 years ago and the strongest in 58 years since the 1950 Chayu earthquake. The earthquake lasted three minutes and was felt as far away as Beijing and Shanghai some 1,500 and 1,700 km away where people were evacuated from office buildings as a precaution. Mianyang, Ngawa, Deyang, Guangyuan, and Chengdu suffered the most loss of lives. Most of the buildings that collapsed were in rural areas and did not adhere to building codes. At least 4.8 million people were rendered homeless. President Hu Jintao declared a national state of emergency 90 minutes after the quake. All highways into Wenchuan were damaged by the quake, delaying the arrival of relief troops. Half of the wireless communications were lost in the entire Sichuan Province. The earthquake occurred three months prior to the opening of the 2008 Summer Olympics hosted in China for the first time. None of the Olympic venues were damaged but the torch relay route was changed and a minute's silence was observed. The Chinese government announced RMB 1 trillion ($146.5 billion USD) to be spent on rebuilding the area over a period of three years.
02008-08-30 August 30, 2008	2008 Panzhihua earthquake	26°12′N 101°54′E / 26.2°N 101.9°E / 26.2; 101.9 Sichuan, China	5.7 MW	41
August 19 to September 3, 2008	2008 Yingjiang earthquakes	24°54′N 97°48′E / 24.9°N 97.8°E / 24.9; 97.8 Yunnan, China	4.1 to 5.9 MS	5
02009-01-25 January 25, 2009	2009 Xinjiang earthquake	43°18′N 80°54′E / 43.3°N 80.9°E / 43.3; 80.9 Xinjiang, China	5.0 MW	None
02010-04-14 April 14, 2010	2010 Yushu earthquake	33°18′N 96°42′E / 33.3°N 96.7°E / 33.3; 96.7 Qinghai province, China	6.9 MW	2,698
02011-03-10 March 10, 2011	2011 Yunnan earthquake	24°42′36″N 97°59′38″E / 24.710°N 97.994°E / 24.710; 97.994 Yingjiang County, Yunnan, China	5.4 MW	25+

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See also

• List of earthquakes in Sichuan
• Tectonic summary of Qinghai Province

References

1. ^ NGDC. "Comments for the Significant Earthquake". http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/results?eq_0=488&t=101650&s=13&d=22,26,13,12&nd=display. Retrieved October 29, 2010. 
2. ^ Ruins of Earthquakes, China Virtual Museum
3. ^ Schuster, R.L. and G. F. Wieczorek, "Landslide triggers and types" in Landslides: Proceedings of the First European Conference on Landslides 2002 A.A. Balkema Publishers. p.66 [1]
4. ^ "The 1786 earthquake-triggered landslide dam and subsequent dam-break flood on the Dadu River, southwestern China". http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=16511536. Retrieved October 9, 2009. 
5. ^ "10 Greatest Earthquakes in China in 20th Century" (in Chinese). Ningxia Daily website. May 15, 2008. http://www.nxnet.cn/shouye/zktj/shxb/200805/t20080515_215065.htm. Retrieved June 2, 2008.  This earthquake was so strong that it saturated remote detection equipment. There had been many confusions about the location of its epicenter. In some literature, this is also known as the 1950 Assam earthquake, attributing the epicenter to Assam, India.
6. ^ Major earthquakes on Chinese mainland since 1966. Website of the Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in Houston, USA
7. ^ http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/world/world_deaths.php