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Year Month Day Time LAT Long Dep M Tsunami Dead Casualty Damage Remarks
1902 8 22 1100L 39.90 76.20 - 8.3   5650 4350 seve China:Xinjiang(Uyghur)[Atushi earthquake ](I>10)fault D=5000-6000 7.7S
1904 8 30 1942L 31.00 101.10 - 7.0   565 - seve China:Sichuan[Daofu earthquake](I=9)(also on 09/9 and 11/9)D=400 6.8S
1904 11 6 425L 23.50 120.30 - 6.3   145 158 seve China:Taiwan[Chiayi earthquake ](I=8)
1906 3 17 642L 23.60 120.50 - 6.8   1258 2385 seve China:Taiwan[Chiayi earthquake ](I=9) fault
1906 12 23 221L 43.50 85.00 - 7.7   285 1100 seve China:Xinjiang(Uyghur)[Shawan/Manasi earthquake ](I=10) fault 7.2S
1911 - - - - - - -   450 - some China:Xinjiang(Uyghur)(possibly the same quake as on 03/1)
1913 12 21 2337L 24.10 102.40 - 7.0   1314 1530 seve China:YunnanEshan earthquake ](I=9) D=942/1900+ 7.2S
1914 6 10 - 30.00 109.00 * -   300 - some China:Hubei
1915 12 3 1039L 29.50 91.50 - 7.0   170 - seve China:Xizang(Tibet)(I=9) 7.0S
1917 7 31 754L 28.00 104.00 - 6.8   1879 582 extr China:Yunnan[Daguan earthquake ](I=9) 7.5S
1918 2 13 1407L 23.60 117.30 - 7.3 ? 100s many seve China:Guangdong[Nanao earthquake ](I=10) D=600-700/10 thousand? 7.4S
1920 12 16 2005L 36.70 104.90 - 8.5   235502 36323 extr China:Ningxia[Haiyuan earthquake ](I=12)fault D=220 thousand/246thousand 8.6S
1921 1 31 - 36.00 106.00 - 5.5   350 -   China:Ningxia(Guyuan)(I=7) possibly aftershock?
1922 8 30 1940L 36.00 106.20 - 5.5   300 -   China:Ningxia(Guyuan)(I=7) possibly aftershock
1923 3 24 2040L 31.50 101.00 - 7.3   450 many extr China:Sichuan[Luhuo earthquake ](I=10) D=4300 7.3S
1923 6 14 - 31.30 100.80 - 5.8   1300 -   China:Sichuan(Kangding)(I=7)
1923 11 15 - 38.50 111.50 - -   1500 -   China:Shansi Province(possibly the same quake as on 13/11)
1924 7 3 1240L 36.80 83.80 - 7.2   255 many seve China:Xinjiang(Uyghur)[Minfeng earthquake ](I=10)(data may include 12/7) D=100 7.2B
1925 3 16 2242L 25.70 100.40 - 7.0   5808 8303 extr China:Yunnan[Dali earthquake ](I=9) D=3600/5847 7.0S
1927 5 22 2232U 37.60 102.60 - 8.0   80000 - seve China:Nan-Shan Province D=40912/200 thousand
1927 5 23 632L 37.70 102.20 - 8.0   41419 10000s extr China:Gansu[Gulang earthquake ](I=11)faultD=4 thousand/35495/80 thousand 7.9S
1930 8 24 1851L 30.00 100.00 - 5.5   100s 100s some China:Sichuan
1931 8 11 518L 47.10 89.80 - 8.0   10000 - extr China:Xinjiang(Uyghur)[Fuyun earthquake ](I=11) fault D=300 7.9S 8.0W
1932 3 7 - 30.10 101.80 - 6.0   100s 100s seve China:Sichuan(I=8) (31.8N,102.2E some people died(I=6-7))
1932 12 25 1004L 39.70 96.70 - 7.6   275 320 seve China:Gansu[Changma earthquake ](I=10) fault D=400/77 thousand? 7.7S
1933 8 25 1550L 31.90 103.40 - 7.5   6865 1925 extr China:Sichuan[__Xi earthquake] earthquake lake linkage caused death by flood, 2500 died 7.5S
1933 9 20 - 29.50 102.50 - 5.0   100s - some China:Sichuan(I=6)
1935 4 21 601L 24.30 120.80 - 7.1   3276 12053 extr China:Taiwan[Miaoli earthquake/Hsinchu Taichung earthquake] fault 7.1S
1935 12 18 1510L 28.60 103.70 - 6.0   100s many seve China:Sichuan[Mabian earthquake ](I=8)
1936 5 16 1505L 28.50 103.60 - 6.8   550 - some China:Sichuan[Leibo earthquake ]
1936 8 1 1424L 34.20 105.70 - 6.0   144 58 seve China:Gansu[Tianshui earthquake ](I=8) D=115/134
1937 8 1 435L 35.40 115.10 - 7.0   3833 14266 seve China:Shandong[Heze earthquake ](I=9) D=many/3350 H=12701
1940 4 6 2143L 23.90 102.30 - 6.0   181 475 seve China:Yunnan[Shipping earthquake](I=8)
1941 5 5 2318L 47.00 127.20 - 6.0   132 203 seve China:Heilongjiang[Suihua earthquake ](I=8)
1941 10 8 2324L 31.70 102.30 - 6.0   139 some seve China:Sichuan(I=8) D=120
1941 12 17 319L 23.30 120.30 - 7.0   357 718 seve China:Taiwan[Chiayi earthquake ] D=358 H=733/753 7.2S
1945 9 23 2334L 39.50 119.00 - 6.3   600 200 some China:Hebei [__xian earthquake ](I=8) D=17/70 H=30
1948 5 25 1511L 29.50 100.50 - 7.3   737 100s seve China:Sichuan[Litang earthquake ](I=10) D=800 7.3S
1948 6 27 808L 26.40 99.70 - 6.2   280 228 seve China:Yunnan[Lanping earthquake ](I=8) D=100/more than 80 in Lanping 200 in Jianchuan
1950 8 15 1409U 28.50 96.50 s 8.6   1526 - extr India:Assam/China fault landslide D=156/574 8.6SW
1950 8 15 2209L 28.40 96.70 - 8.6   3300 260 extr China:Xizang(Tibet)[Chayu earthquake](I=11) D=2486 /India 8.6SW
1951 12 21 1637L 26.70 100.00 - 6.2   423 666 seve China:Yunnan[Jianchuan earthquake ](I=9) H=2395 (including light wound)
1952 9 30 2052L 28.30 102.20 - 6.8   236 1009 seve China:Sichuan[Mianning earthquake ](I=9)
1955 9 23 2306L 26.60 101.80 - 6.8   593 1000s seve China:Yunnan China:Sichuan border [Huiliyuzha earthquake ](I=9)
1964 1 18 2004L 23.10 120.60 - 7.0   106 650 seve China:Taiwan[Northeast Tainan earthquake](I>9) D=107 H=452
1966 2 5 2312L 26.10 103.10 - 6.5   371 923 seve China:Yunnan[Dongchuan earthquake ](I=9) D=200
1966 3 22 1619L 37.50 115.10 - 7.2   8064 38451 seve China:Hebei[Ningjin earthquake](data may include damage on 08/3 and other dates)(I=10)7.1S
1970 1 5 100L 24.20 102.70 13 7.8   15621 26783 extr China:Yunnan[Tonghai earthquake ](a little more than I=10)(severe wound 5648) fault 7.3S
1970 12 3 312L 35.90 105.60 15 5.5   117 413 mode China:Ningxia(a little more than I=7)
1973 2 6 1837L 31.30 100.70 11 7.6   2199 2743 extr China:Sichuan [Luhuo earthquake ](I=10)fault D=2175 7.2S
1974 5 11 325L 28.20 104.10 14 7.1   1541 1600 seve China:Yunnan [Daguan · EYongshan earthquake ](I=9) D=1423/1641/20 thousand
1975 2 4 1936L 40.70 122.80 16 7.3   1328 16980 seve China:Liaoning[Haicheng earthquake ](severe wound 4292)forecast (I=9+)fault 7.2S
1976 7 28 342L 39.40 118.00 22 7.8   242800 7086 extr China:Hebei[Tangshan earthquake ](severe wound 167539)(I=11) fault 7.8S
1981 1 24 513L 31.00 101.20 - 6.9   126 724 seve China:Sichuan [Daofu earthquake] fault D=150 H=300 6.5W
1988 11 6 1303U 22.79 99.61 18 7.3   748 7751 cons China/Myanmar:Yunnan[Lancang · EGengma earthquake ] D=730/930 7.0W
1990 4 26 017L 36.10 100.30 - 6.9   119 2049 cons China:Qinghai(double shock) D=126 6.4W
1996 2 3 1914L 27.30 100.22 10 7.0   309 17057 cons China:Yunnan(Lijiang Naxi ethnic group autonomous county)(I=9) D=323 6.6W
1999 3 28 1905U 30.51 79.40 15 6.4   100 395 cons India/China border 6.6W
1999 9 21 147L 23.77 120.98 33 7.7   2413 8700 seve China:Taiwan[Chichi earthquake ] fault 7.7W
2003 2 24 203U 39.61 77.23 11 6.3   100s 1000s seve China:Xinjiang(Bachu) 6.3W
2008 5 12 628U 31.00 103.32 19 8.1   69195 374177 extr China:Sichuan landslides(18392missing) 7.9W
2010 4 13 2349U 33.17 96.55 17 7   2968 12135 seve China:Qinghai(Yushu) 6.9W
2011 9 18 1240U 27.73 88.16 50 6.7   111 100s cons India/Nepal/China/Bhutan/Bangladesh 6.9W
2013 4 20 002U 30.31 102.89 14 6.8   196 11470 seve China:Sichuan,21 missing 6.6W

Search condition : number of dead ≥ 100.

References of the above table

(CR) Report for Damage in ZiGong