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List of earthquakes in Yunnan

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This is a list of earthquakes that have occurred in or have affected Yunnan Province in China.

Major earthquakes (≥Magnitude 7.0)

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Date Location Magnitude Deaths Event name/notes
1499 Yiliang County, Kunming Unk. Tens of thousands Aftershocks continued for 10 months[1]
4 January 1500 Unk. Maximum MMI IX (Violent). Many homes and government buildings collapsed.[1]
6 September 1833 Songming County, Kunming 8.0 Ms  6,000 1833 Kunming earthquake
16 March 1925 Binchuan County, Dali City 7.0 Ms  5,000 1925 Dali earthquake
26 December 1941 Myanmar–China border region 7.2 Mw  6+ Maximum intensity VIII (Severe).[2][1]
5 January 1970 Tonghai County, Kunming 7.1 Mw  15,000+ 1970 Tonghai earthquake
10 May 1974 Zhaotong, Zhaoyang District 7.1 Ms  20,000 1974 Zhaotong earthquake
29 May 1976 Longling County, Myanmar–China border region 6.9 Ms  98 1976 Longling earthquake
7.0 Ms 
6 November 1988 Lancang and Gengma County, Myanmar–China border region 7.7 Mw  939 1988 Lancang–Gengma earthquakes
7.2 Ms 

Major earthquakes (Magnitude 6.0–6.9)

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Damage caused by the 2014 Ludian earthquake.
Date Location Magnitude Deaths Event name/notes
21 December 1913 Eshan County 6.7 Mw  942–1,900 1913 Eshan earthquake
30 July 1917 Daguan County 6.8 Ms  1,800 Maximum intensity IX (Violent).[1]
12 January 1934 Shiping County 6.0 Ms  1 Maximum MMI VIII (Severe).[1]
31 January 1942 China–Laos border region 6.3 Mw  90 Hundreds of livestocks killed.[3][1]
27 June 1948 Jianchuan County 6.8 Ms  110 VIII (Severe). At least 100 farm animals killed.[1]
21 December 1951 Jianchuan County 6.3 Ms  423[4] Maximum intensity IX. At least 29,890 homes damaged or destroyed.[1]
23 September 1955 Panzhihua, Sichuan 6.7 Mw  728 1955 Yuzha earthquake
5 February 1966 Dongchuan District 6.5 Ms  306[4] Severe damage. Maximum intensity IX.[1]
11 July 1995 Shan State, Myanmar 6.8 Mw  11 1995 Myanmar–China earthquake[5]
23 October 1995 Wuding County 6.2 Mw  81 1995 Wuding earthquake
3 February 1996 Lijiang, Gucheng District 6.6 Mw  322 1996 Lijiang earthquake
21 July 2003 Dayao County 6.1 Mw  16 2003 Dayao earthquake[6]
21 August 2008 Yingjiang County, Myanmar–China border region 6.0 Mw  5 2008 Yingjiang earthquakes
30 August 2008 Panzhihua, Sichuan–Yunnan border region 6.0 Mw  41 2008 Panzhihua earthquake
3 August 2014 11 km west of Wenping, Ludian County 6.2 Mw  617 2014 Ludian earthquake
7 October 2014 23 km west southwest of Weiyuan 6.1 Mw  1 2014 Jinggu earthquake
21 May 2021 28 km northwest of Dali 6.1 Mw  3 2021 Dali earthquake

Moderately large earthquakes (≤Magnitude 5.9)

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Date Location Magnitude Deaths Event name/notes
24 March 1494 Qujing 5.5 Ms  3 At least 200 homes destroyed.[1]
18 April 1985 Luquan County 5.8 Mw  22 1985 Luquan earthquake
31 January 1993 Dayao County 5.2 Mw  2 Minor damage in Dayao County.[7]
19 November 1998 Sichuan–Yunnan border 5.6 Mwc  5 1998 Ninglang earthquake
15 January 2000 Yao'an County 5.9 Mw  7 2000 Yunnan earthquake
27 October 2001 Yongsheng County 5.5 Mw  1 At least 220 people injured and 3,400 buildings were destroyed in Yongsheng.[8]
10 August 2004 Ludian County 5.4 Mwc  4 Up to 600 injured; 200 in serious condition and 120,000 people homeless. At least 18,556 homes destroyed, 65,601 homes damaged and 22 reservoirs damaged.[9]
22 July 2006 Yanjin County 4.9 Mwc  22 2006 Yanjin earthquake
9 July 2009 Yao'an County 5.7 Mwc  1 2009 Yunnan earthquake
10 March 2011 Yingjiang County, Myanmar–China border region 5.5 Mwc  26 2011 Yunnan earthquake
7 September 2012 Yiliang County, Sichuan–Yunnan–Guizhou region 5.5 Mwc  81 2012 Yiliang earthquakes
5.3 Mwc 
24 May 2014 27 km north northwest of Pingyuan, Yingjiang County 5.6 Mw  0 2014 Yingjiang earthquake
18 May 2020 42 km west of Zhaotong, Qiaojia County 5.1 Mw  4 2020 Qiaojia earthquake
2 January 2022 98 km east of Shangri-La, Ninglang County 5.4 Mw  0 At least 22 people injured and homes were damaged in Ninglang County.[10][11]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS) (1959), Significant Earthquake Database (Data Set), National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K
  2. ^ "M 7.2 - Myanmar-China border region". United States Geological Survey. December 26, 1941.
  3. ^ "M 6.3 - China-Laos border region". United States Geological Survey. January 31, 1942.
  4. ^ a b "云南建国以来15次受灾情况较严重地震回顾". Sina Corporation. 24 July 2006. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  5. ^ "M 6.8 - Myanmar". earthquake.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
  6. ^ "M 6.0 - 75 km SSW of Dadukou, China". earthquake.usgs.gov. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  7. ^ "M 4.9 - 73 km SSW of Dadukou, China". earthquake.usgs.gov. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  8. ^ "M 5.6 - 74 km SE of Lijiang, China". earthquake.usgs.gov. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  9. ^ "M 5.4 - 16 km ESE of Zhaotong, China". earthquake.usgs.gov. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  10. ^ "云南丽江市宁蒗县地震已致15人受伤" (in Chinese). Sina Corporation. 2 January 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  11. ^ "云南宁蒗县发生5.5级地震 部分老旧房屋受损 救援力量已结集" (in Chinese). Sina Corporation. 2 January 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
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