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Natural Disasters in People's Republic of China

825 significant events · page 1/14

Significant natural disasters recorded within People's Republic of China, sorted by magnitude and impact. Location is determined from coordinates against modern national borders; each event has its own page with date, source and nearby events.

  1. 1.1950 CEEarthquake — India-China (Mw 8.6)· 1,530 deaths
  2. 2.1950 CEEarthquake — 1950 Assam-Tibet Earthquake (Mw 8.6)
  3. 3.1668 CEEarthquake — China, Shandong Province (Ms 8.5)· 42,578 deaths
  4. 4.1920 CEEarthquake — China, Gansu Province, Shanxi Province (Mw 8.3)· 235,502 deaths
  5. 5.1906 CEEarthquake — China, Xinjiang Province (Ms 8.3)· 280 deaths
  6. 6.1505 CEEarthquake — Nepal-India (Mw 8.2)
  7. 7.1556 CEEarthquake — China, Shaanxi Province (Ms 8)· 830,000 deaths
  8. 8.1739 CEEarthquake — China, Ningxia (Ms 8)· 50,000 deaths
  9. 9.1879 CEEarthquake — China, Gansu Province (Ms 8)· 22,000 deaths
  10. 10.1695 CEEarthquake — China, Shanxi Province: Linfen (Ms 8)· 20,000 deaths
  11. 11.1679 CEEarthquake — China, Hebei Province (Ms 8)· 13,162 deaths
  12. 12.1654 CEEarthquake — China, Gansu Province: Tianshui (Ms 8)· 10,400 deaths
  13. 13.1931 CEEarthquake — China, Xinjiang Weiwuer Zizhiqu Province: N (Mw 8)· 10,000 deaths
  14. 14.1833 CEEarthquake — China, Yunnan Province (Ms 8)· 6,700 deaths
  15. 15.1812 CEEarthquake — China, Xinjiang Province (Ms 8)
  16. 16.1604 CEEarthquake — China, Fujian Province: Off Coast (Ms 8)
  17. 17.1303 CEEarthquake — China, Shanxi Province (Ms 8)
  18. 18.1906 CEEarthquake — 95 km WSW of Shihezi, China (Mw 7.95)
  19. 19.1920 CEEarthquake — 125 km E of Baiyin, China (Mw 7.94)
  20. 20.2008 CEEarthquake — China, Sichuan Province (Mw 7.9)· 87,652 deaths
  21. 21.2008 CEEarthquake — 58 km W of Tianpeng, China (Mwc 7.9)
  22. 22.1947 CEEarthquake — India-China (Ms 7.9)
  23. 23.1931 CEEarthquake — 172 km SE of Altay, China (Mw 7.9)
  24. 24.1932 CEEarthquake — 108 km WSW of Laojunmiao, China (Mw 7.84)
  25. 25.1937 CEEarthquake — Southern Qinghai, China (Mw 7.81)
  26. 26.2001 CEEarthquake — Southern Qinghai, China (Mwc 7.8)
  27. 27.2001 CEEarthquake — China, Qinghai Province: Xidatan (Mw 7.8)
  28. 28.1927 CEEarthquake — China, Gansu Province (Mw 7.7)· 40,912 deaths
  29. 29.1902 CEEarthquake — China, Xinjiang, Turkestan (Mw 7.7)· 5,653 deaths
  30. 30.1833 CEEarthquake — Nepal, Kathmandu, India: Bihar, China: Tibet (Mw 7.7)· 500 deaths
  31. 31.1806 CEEarthquake — China, Tibet (Xizang Province): Shannan (Lhoka) (Ms 7.7)· 100 deaths
  32. 32.1988 CEEarthquake — 145 km NW of Jinghong, China (Mw 7.7)
  33. 33.1951 CEEarthquake — 89 km WSW of Nagqu, China (Mw 7.7)
  34. 34.1947 CEEarthquake — China, Qinghai Province (Ms 7.7)
  35. 35.1927 CEEarthquake — 31 km SSW of Wuwei, China (Mw 7.7)
  36. 36.1916 CEEarthquake — Nepal, Tibet (Xizang Province) (Ms 7.7)
  37. 37.1902 CEEarthquake — About 50 km NNE of Kashgar, Xinjiang, China (Mw 7.7)
  38. 38.1932 CEEarthquake — China, Gansu Province (Ms 7.6)· 275 deaths
  39. 39.1973 CEEarthquake — China, Sichuan Province (Ms 7.6)
  40. 40.1966 CEEarthquake — China, Hebei Province (Ms 7.6)
  41. 41.1947 CEEarthquake — Qinghai-Sichuan border region, China (Mw 7.58)
  42. 42.1976 CEEarthquake — China, Ne: Tangshan (Mw 7.5)· 242,769 deaths
  43. 43.1718 CEEarthquake — China, Gansu Province (Ms 7.5)· 73,000 deaths
  44. 44.1850 CEEarthquake — China, Sichuan: Xichang (Ms 7.5)· 20,650 deaths
  45. 45.1830 CEEarthquake — China, Hebei Province (Ms 7.5)· 7,477 deaths
  46. 46.512 CEEarthquake — China, Shaanxi Province: Yingxian (Ms 7.5)· 5,130 deaths
  47. 47.1709 CEEarthquake — China, Ningxia (Ms 7.5)· 2,032 deaths
  48. 48.1605 CEEarthquake — China, Guangdong Province (Ms 7.5)· 2,000 deaths
  49. 49.1786 CEEarthquake — China, Sichuan Province: S Of Kangding (Ms 7.5)· 435 deaths
  50. 50.1985 CEEarthquake — China, S Xinjiang: Wuqua-Shufu (Ms 7.5)· 71 deaths
  51. 51.1955 CEEarthquake — China, Sichuan Province (Ms 7.5)· 39 deaths
  52. 52.1914 CEEarthquake — China, Xinjiang Weiwuer Zizhiqu Province(Sinkiang) (Ms 7.5)· 1 deaths
  53. 53.1997 CEEarthquake — western Xizang (Mwc 7.5)
  54. 54.1997 CEEarthquake — China, Tibet (Xizang Province) (Mw 7.5)
  55. 55.1976 CEEarthquake — 17 km NE of Penguanzhuang, China (Mw 7.5)
  56. 56.1973 CEEarthquake — China, Tibet (Xizang Province) (Ms 7.5)
  57. 57.1951 CEEarthquake — China, Tibet (Xizang Province) (Mw 7.5)
  58. 58.1937 CEEarthquake — China, Qinghai Province (Ms 7.5)
  59. 59.1803 CEEarthquake — India, Uttarakhand, Mathura (Muttra) (Mw 7.5)
  60. 60.1733 CEEarthquake — China, Yunnan Province: Dongchuan (Ms 7.5)

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