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Earthquakes with a magnitude 4.5 and over (1900–2015). The yellow star is the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. This is a List of earthquakes in China, part of the series of lists of disasters in China. Earthquakes in the loess plateau where residents lived in yaodong caves tended to have big casualties, including the 1303 Hongdong and 1920 Haiyuan ...
Article Province Deaths Notes 1887 Yellow River flood: Henan, Anhui, Jiangsu: 930,000 [12]1975 Banqiao dam failure: Henan, Anhui: 230,000: This dam failure was a landmark technological failure in the 20th century.
The earthquake also triggered landslides, which contributed to the massive death toll. [11] The rupture occurred during the reign of the Jiajing Emperor of the Ming dynasty. Therefore, in the Chinese historical record, this earthquake is often referred to as the Jiajing Great Earthquake. [12] In the annals of China it was described in this manner:
An earthquake that killed more than 120 people in China this week was the country's deadliest in nearly a decade. Earthquakes happen most frequently in western China on the Tibetan Plateau or its ...
The earthquake was the largest in China since the Maduo earthquake in May 2021 and the deadliest since the Jishishan earthquake in December 2023. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] It was caused by normal faulting and originated within the continental crust at 10 km (6.2 mi) depth.
The 1920 Haiyuan earthquake (Chinese: 海原大地震; pinyin: Hǎiyuán dà dìzhèn) occurred on December 16 in Haiyuan County, Ningxia Province, Republic of China at 19:05:53. It was also called the 1920 Gansu earthquake [ 3 ] because Ningxia was a part of Gansu Province when the earthquake occurred.
The 1290 Zhili earthquake occurred on 27 September with an epicenter near Ningcheng, Zhongshu Sheng , Yuan China. This region is today administered as part of Inner Mongolia, China. The earthquake had an estimated surface-wave magnitude of 6.8 and a maximum felt intensity of IX (Violent) on the Mercalli intensity scale. One estimate places the ...
The 1936 Lingshan earthquake struck southern China's Guangxi (formerly part of Guangdong) on 1 April at 09:31 local time. It was the largest continental earthquake in southern China since historical records began. The earthquake had an estimated surface-wave magnitude of 6.75 and was associated with activity on the Fangcheng–Lingshan Fault Zone.