Seismic history
Major earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and geological events in China, 1900โ2026, with sources and detailed information.
Total earthquakes
250
M5+
Strongest
M8.6
M7+ events
107
Tsunami events
5
| Date | Magnitude | Location | Depth | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950-08-15 | 8.6 | 1950 Assam-Tibet Earthquake | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1905-07-23 | 8.3 | The 1905 Bulnay (Bolnai), Mongolia Earthquake | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1920-06-05 | 8.2 | 1920 Hualien, Taiwan Earthquake | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1957-12-04 | 8.1 |
| 1957 Gobi-Altay, Mongolia Earthquake |
| 30 km |
| USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1910-04-12 | 8.1 | 1910 Taiwan Earthquake | 235 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1941-11-18 | 8.0 | 1941 Hyuganada Earthquake | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1911-01-03 | 8.0 | The 1911 Kemin Earthquake, Kyrgyzstan | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1934-01-15 | 8.0 | 1934 Bihar-Nepal Earthquake | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1906-12-22 | 8.0 | 95 km WSW of Shihezi, China | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1905-07-09 | 8.0 | The 1905 Tsetserleg, Mongolia Earthquake | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1931-11-02 | 7.9 | 58 km ESE of Takanabe, Japan | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2008-05-12 | 7.9 | 58 km W of Tianpeng, China | 19 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1912-05-23 | 7.9 | 32 km NW of Taunggyi, Myanmar | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1932-12-25 | 7.8 | 108 km WSW of Laojunmiao, China | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1937-01-07 | 7.8 | Southern Qinghai, China | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1951-11-24 | 7.8 | Taiwan | 30 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2001-11-14 | 7.8 | Southern Qinghai, China | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2015-04-25 | 7.8 | 67 km NNE of Bharatpur, Nepal | 8 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2025-03-28 | 7.7 | 2025 Mandalay, Burma (Myanmar) Earthquake | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1988-11-06 | 7.7 | 145 km NW of Jinghong, China | 18 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1927-05-22 | 7.7 | 31 km SSW of Wuwei, China | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1902-08-22 | 7.7 | About 50 km NNE of Kashgar, Xinjiang, China | 30 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1999-09-20 | 7.7 | 21 km S of Puli, Taiwan | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1922-09-01 | 7.7 | 50 km SSE of Yilan, Taiwan | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1938-06-10 | 7.7 | 35 km N of Hirara, Japan | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1946-09-12 | 7.6 | Myanmar | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2005-10-08 | 7.6 | 21 km NNE of Muzaffar?b?d, Pakistan | 26 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1931-01-27 | 7.6 | 37 km S of Sarupathar, India | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1947-03-17 | 7.6 | Qinghai-Sichuan border region, China | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1961-02-26 | 7.5 | 18 km NNE of Nichinan, Japan | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1930-12-03 | 7.5 | 36 km SSW of Pyu, Myanmar | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1909-11-10 | 7.5 | 18 km SE of Honmachi, Japan | 140 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1968-04-01 | 7.5 | 60 km ESE of Nobeoka, Japan | 31 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1997-11-08 | 7.5 | western Xizang | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1966-03-12 | 7.5 | 38 km SW of Yonakuni, Japan | 25 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1976-07-27 | 7.5 | 17 km NE of Penguanzhuang, China | 23 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1998-05-03 | 7.5 | 254 km SSE of Ishigaki, Japan | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1951-10-21 | 7.5 | 58 km SSW of Hualien City, Taiwan | 25 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1914-08-04 | 7.4 | 160 km WNW of Hami, China | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1916-02-01 | 7.4 | 152 km ESE of Koshima, Japan | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2024-04-02 | 7.4 | 15 km S of Hualien City, Taiwan๐ | 40 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1904-06-07 | 7.4 | 164 km NNE of Ama, Japan | 350 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1917-07-31 | 7.4 | 7 km WSW of Rajin, North Korea | 460 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1919-12-20 | 7.4 | 122 km ENE of Hengchun, Taiwan | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1952-08-17 | 7.4 | 101 km SSW of Nagqu, China | 25 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1973-02-06 | 7.4 | 203 km NW of Kangding, China | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1978-07-23 | 7.4 | 85 km ENE of Hengchun, Taiwan | 17 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1986-11-14 | 7.4 | 8 km SSW of Hualien City, Taiwan | 34 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1933-08-25 | 7.4 | 101 km WNW of Jiangyou, China | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1923-07-13 | 7.4 | 22 km N of Nishinoomote, Japan | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1918-02-13 | 7.4 | 7 km S of Huanggang, China | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1949-02-23 | 7.4 | 110 km ENE of Kuqa, China | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1934-12-15 | 7.3 | 200 km NW of Dรชqรชn, China | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1924-07-03 | 7.3 | southern Xinjiang, China | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1915-01-05 | 7.3 | 92 km NNW of Yonakuni, Japan | 215 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2021-05-21 | 7.3 | Southern Qinghai, China | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1948-05-25 | 7.3 | 151 km W of Kangding, China | 55 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1974-08-11 | 7.3 | 134 km E of Kyzyl-Eshme, Kyrgyzstan | 9 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1972-01-25 | 7.3 | 167 km SSE of Hualien City, Taiwan | 27 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1994-07-21 | 7.3 | 46 km SSW of Vrangelโ, Russia | 471 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1992-08-19 | 7.3 | 60 km ENE of Toktogul, Kyrgyzstan | 27 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2003-09-27 | 7.3 | 29 km S of Aktash, Russia | 16 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2002-06-28 | 7.3 | 50 km SW of Dongning, China | 566 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1988-08-06 | 7.3 | 85 km SE of Phek, India | 91 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2015-05-12 | 7.3 | Nepal | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1944-03-09 | 7.3 | 52 km ESE of Xinyuan, China | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1905-02-17 | 7.3 | 62 km S of Bhamo, Myanmar | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1931-08-18 | 7.3 | 148 km ESE of Altay, China | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1908-01-11 | 7.2 | 108 km E of Hengchun, Taiwan | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1941-12-16 | 7.2 | 18 km NNW of Yujing, Taiwan | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1959-08-15 | 7.2 | 38 km ENE of Hengchun, Taiwan | 25 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1913-04-13 | 7.2 | 29 km ESE of Takanabe, Japan | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1901-06-24 | 7.2 | Ryukyu Islands, Japan | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1963-02-13 | 7.2 | 51 km SE of Yilan, Taiwan | 30 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2008-03-20 | 7.2 | 226 km SE of Hotan, China | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1943-10-23 | 7.2 | 13 km W of Dergaon, India | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1958-03-11 | 7.2 | 68 km NNE of Ishigaki, Japan | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1925-04-16 | 7.1 | 43 km ESE of Hengchun, Taiwan | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1936-08-22 | 7.1 | 51 km E of Hengchun, Taiwan | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1903-02-01 | 7.1 | Western Mongolia | - | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2025-01-07 | 7.1 | 2025 Southern Tibetan Plateau Earthquake | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2024-08-08 | 7.1 | 2024 Hyuganada Sea, Japan Earthquake | 24 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1904-08-24 | 7.1 | 61 km ESE of Nishinoomote, Japan | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1979-08-26 | 7.1 | 62 km N of San Vicente, Philippines | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1970-01-04 | 7.1 | 22 km SSW of Yuxi, China | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1978-03-24 | 7.1 | 23 km ENE of Tyup, Kyrgyzstan | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1999-04-08 | 7.1 | 57 km ENE of Wangqing, China | 566 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1995-10-18 | 7.1 | 83 km SE of Naze, Japan | 28 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2006-12-26 | 7.1 | 30 km SW of Hengchun, Taiwan | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1906-06-19 | 7.1 | 71 km NE of San Vicente, Philippines | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1938-09-07 | 7.1 | 21 km SSW of Hualien City, Taiwan | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1955-04-14 | 7.1 | 19 km WSW of Kangding, China | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1935-09-04 | 7.1 | 66 km ENE of Hengchun, Taiwan | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1969-04-21 | 7.1 | 37 km ESE of Tsunล, Japan | 37 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1946-09-12 | 7.1 | 129 km ENE of Mawlaik, Myanmar | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1967-01-05 | 7.0 | 77 km SSW of Bulgan, Mongolia | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1961-04-13 | 7.0 | 151 km ENE of Kashgar, China | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1942-03-21 | 7.0 | 122 km SSE of Koshima, Japan | 25 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1914-07-04 | 7.0 | 152 km NW of Uken, Japan | 235 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1923-03-24 | 7.0 | 184 km NW of Kangding, China | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |