List of earthquakes in Yunnan

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.[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)

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)

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

• List of earthquakes in China
• List of earthquakes in Myanmar
• List of earthquakes in Sichuan
• Geology of China

References

1. 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. "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.