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)[]

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.[2]
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).[3][4]
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)[]

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 Maximum intensity IX (Violent).[5][6]
30 July 1917 Daguan County 6.8 Ms 1,800 Maximum intensity IX (Violent).[7]
12 January 1934 Shiping County 6.0 Ms 1 Maximum MMI VIII (Severe).[8]
31 January 1942 China-Laos border region 6.3 Mw 90 Hundreds of livestocks killed.[9][10]
27 June 1948 Jianchuan County 6.8 Ms 110 VIII (Severe). At least 100 farm animals killed.[11]
23 September 1955 Panzhihua, Sichuan 6.7 Mw 728 1955 Yuzha earthquake
11 July 1995 Shan State, Myanmar 6.8 Mw 11 1995 Myanmar–China earthquake[12]
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 [13]
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)[]

Date Location Magnitude Deaths Event name/notes
24 March 1494 Qujing 5.5 Ms 3 Felt VII (Very strong). Some 200 homes destroyed.[14]
18 April 1985 Luquan County 5.8 Mw 22 1985 Luquan earthquake
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
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
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.[15][16]

See also[]

References[]

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  3. ^ "M 7.2 - Myanmar-China border region". United States Geological Survey. December 26, 1941.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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  5. ^ NCEI Global Historical Hazard Database. "CHINA: YUNNAN PROVINCE (1913)". www.ngdc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2021-02-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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  7. ^ NCEI Global Historical Hazard Database. "CHINA: YUNNAN PROVINCE". www.ngdc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2021-02-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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  9. ^ "M 6.3 - China-Laos border region". United States Geological Survey. January 31, 1942.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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  11. ^ "Significant Earthquake: CHINA: YUNNAN PROVINCE". National Geophysical Data Center. June 27, 1948.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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  15. ^ "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.
  16. ^ "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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