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Natural Disasters in People's Republic of China

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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. 61.1716 CEEarthquake — China, S Xinjiang: Aksu, Balkhash (Ms 7.5)
  2. 62.180 CEEarthquake — China, Gansu Province (Ms 7.5)
  3. 63.1914 CEEarthquake — 160 km WNW of Hami, China (Mw 7.42)
  4. 64.1933 CEEarthquake — China, Sichuan Province (Mw 7.4)· 9,300 deaths
  5. 65.1975 CEEarthquake — China, Liaoning Province: Yingtao, Anshan (Ms 7.4)· 300 deaths
  6. 66.1976 CEEarthquake — 6 km SW of Linxi, China (Ms 7.4)
  7. 67.1976 CEEarthquake — China, Yunnan Province: Lungling-Lushi (Ms 7.4)
  8. 68.1976 CEEarthquake — China, Ne: Tangshan (Ms 7.4)
  9. 69.1973 CEEarthquake — 203 km NW of Kangding, China (Ms 7.4)
  10. 70.1952 CEEarthquake — 101 km SSW of Nagqu, China (Mw 7.4)
  11. 71.1933 CEEarthquake — 101 km WNW of Jiangyou, China (Mw 7.38)
  12. 72.1918 CEEarthquake — 7 km S of Huanggang, China (Mw 7.37)
  13. 73.1949 CEEarthquake — 110 km ENE of Kuqa, China (Mw 7.36)
  14. 74.1934 CEEarthquake — 200 km NW of Dêqên, China (Mw 7.32)
  15. 75.1924 CEEarthquake — southern Xinjiang, China (Mw 7.32)
  16. 76.1038 CEEarthquake — China, Shaanxi Province: Dingxiang, Xinxian (Ms 7.3)· 32,300 deaths
  17. 77.1923 CEEarthquake — China, Sichuan Province (Ms 7.3)· 4,800 deaths
  18. 78.1870 CEEarthquake — China, Sichuan Province: Batang (Ms 7.3)· 2,300 deaths
  19. 79.1918 CEEarthquake — China, Guangdong Province (Ms 7.3)· 2,000 deaths
  20. 80.1561 CEEarthquake — China, Ningxia: E Of Zhongwei (Ms 7.3)· 1,001 deaths
  21. 81.1609 CEEarthquake — China, Gansu: Jiuquan (Ms 7.3)· 840 deaths
  22. 82.1948 CEEarthquake — China, Sichuan Province (Ms 7.3)· 800 deaths
  23. 83.1988 CEEarthquake — China, Yunnan Province (Ms 7.3)· 738 deaths
  24. 84.2015 CEEarthquake — Nepal, Dolakha (Mw 7.3)· 117 deaths
  25. 85.1924 CEEarthquake — China, Xinjiang (Ms 7.3)· 100 deaths
  26. 86.1949 CEEarthquake — China, Xinjiang Province (Ms 7.3)· 21 deaths
  27. 87.2021 CEEarthquake — China, Qinghai Province (Mw 7.3)· 20 deaths
  28. 88.2021 CEEarthquake — Southern Qinghai, China (Mww 7.3)
  29. 89.2015 CEEarthquake — Nepal (Mww 7.3)
  30. 90.2002 CEEarthquake — 50 km SW of Dongning, China (Mwc 7.3)
  31. 91.1976 CEEarthquake — China, Yunnan Province: Lungling-Lushi (Ms 7.3)
  32. 92.1974 CEEarthquake — 134 km E of Kyzyl-Eshme, Kyrgyzstan (Ms 7.3)
  33. 93.1954 CEEarthquake — China, Gansu Province (Ms 7.3)
  34. 94.1948 CEEarthquake — 151 km W of Kangding, China (Mw 7.3)
  35. 95.1947 CEEarthquake — 73 km W of Shi Yomi, India (Mw 7.3)
  36. 96.1536 CEEarthquake — China, Sichuan: N Of Xichang (Ms 7.3)
  37. 97.1944 CEEarthquake — 52 km ESE of Xinyuan, China (Mw 7.28)
  38. 98.1924 CEEarthquake — southern Xinjiang, China (Mw 7.26)
  39. 99.1931 CEEarthquake — 148 km ESE of Altay, China (Mw 7.25)
  40. 100.1944 CEEarthquake — China, Xinjiang Province (Ms 7.2)· 3 deaths
  41. 101.2008 CEEarthquake — 226 km SE of Hotan, China (Mwc 7.2)
  42. 102.2008 CEEarthquake — China, Xinjiang Province (Mw 7.2)
  43. 103.1974 CEEarthquake — China, Yunnan And Sichuan Provinces, Chao-T'ung (Ms 7.1)· 20,000 deaths
  44. 104.1970 CEEarthquake — China, Yunnan Province, Vietnam: Hanoi (Mw 7.1)· 15,621 deaths
  45. 105.1626 CEEarthquake — China, Shanxi Province (Mw 7.1)· 5,200 deaths
  46. 106.2025 CEEarthquake — China, Tibet (Xizang Province) (Mw 7.1)· 134 deaths
  47. 107.2025 CEEarthquake — 2025 Southern Tibetan Plateau Earthquake (Mww 7.1)
  48. 108.1999 CEEarthquake — 57 km ENE of Wangqing, China (Mwc 7.1)
  49. 109.1970 CEEarthquake — 22 km SSW of Yuxi, China (Mw 7.1)
  50. 110.1955 CEEarthquake — 19 km WSW of Kangding, China (Mw 7.09)
  51. 111.1904 CEEarthquake — 150 km WNW of Kangding, China (Mw 7.09)
  52. 112.1961 CEEarthquake — 151 km ENE of Kashgar, China (Mw 7.04)
  53. 113.1908 CEEarthquake — 246 km NNW of Rikaze, China (Mw 7.04)
  54. 114.1622 CEEarthquake — China, Ningxia: Pingliang, Longde (Ms 7)· 12,000 deaths
  55. 115.70 BCEEarthquake — China, Shandong Province (Ms 7)· 6,000 deaths
  56. 116.1683 CEEarthquake — China, Shanxi Province (Ms 7)· 1,001 deaths
  57. 117.1913 CEEarthquake — China, Yunnan Province (Ms 7)· 942 deaths
  58. 118.186 BCEEarthquake — China, Gansu Province (Ms 7)· 760 deaths
  59. 119.1501 CEEarthquake — China, Shaanxi Province: Chaoyi (Ms 7)· 400 deaths
  60. 120.1937 CEEarthquake — China, Shandong Province (Ms 7)· 390 deaths

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