List of earthquakes in Sichuan

This is a list of earthquakes occurring in Sichuan province. For the recent devastating earthquake with epicentre in Wenchuan county, see 2008 Sichuan earthquake.

The Sichuan province of China has seen many earthquakes the most recent of which occurred in 2014.

Earthquakes with magnitude of 7.0 or greater

Name	Magnitude/M_s	Date	Epicenter	Cause
1st 1786 Garzê earthquake	7.8	1 June 1786	Dardo (康定縣) and Luding County (瀘定縣)
2nd 1786 Garzê earthquake	7.0	10 June 1786	Luding County (瀘定縣) in the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (甘孜藏族自治州)
1816 Luhuo earthquake	7.5	1816	Luhuo County (爐霍縣) in the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (甘孜藏族自治州)
Xichang earthquake	7.5	1850	Xichang (西昌市) in the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Region (涼山彝族自治州)
1933 Diexi earthquake	7.5	1933	Diexi, Mao County (茂縣)
1955 Dardo Zheduo earthquake	7.5	1955	Dardo (康定縣) and Zheduo Dyke (折多塘)
1955 Kangding earthquake ^[1]	7.1	1955	Dardo (康定縣)
1973 Luhuo earthquake	7.9	1973	Luhuo County (爐霍縣)
1976 Songpan-Pingwu earthquake	7.2	1976	Songpan County (松潘縣) and Pingwu County (平武縣)
2008 Sichuan earthquake	8.0	12 May 2008	Wenchuan County (汶川縣)	Longmenshan Fault
2013 Ya'an earthquake	7.0	20 April 2013	Ya'an (雅安市)	Longmenshan Fault

Earthquake damage in Beichuan

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Earthquakes registering magnitudes between 6.0 and 6.9

Name	Magnitude/M_s	Date	Epicenter
Mabian earthquake	6.0	1935	Leshan (樂山市) in the Mabian Yi Autonomous County (馬邊彝族自治縣)
Huili earthquake	6.75	1955	Huili County (會理縣) and Yuzha Township (魚鮓鄉)
1975 Dardo Jiulong earthquake	6.2	1975	Dardo (康定縣) and Jiulong County (爐霍縣)
1981 Dawu earthquake	6.9	1981	Dawu County (道孚縣)
Garzê earthquake	6.0	1982	Garzê County (甘孜縣)
Batang earthquake	6.7	1989	Batang County (巴塘縣)
Yajiang earthquake	6.0	2001	Yajiang County (雅江)
2008 Panzhihua earthquake	6.1	30 August 2008	Panzhihua (攀枝花市)
2014 Kangding earthquake（Chinese：-{2014年康定地震}-）	6.3	22 November 2014	Kangding (康定縣)

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References

↑ http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/iscgem889422#general_summary

Earthquakes in China

Historical	1290 Chihli (Inner Mongolia) 1303 Hongdong 1556 Shaanxi 1786 Kangding-Luding, Sichuan 1879 Gansu

Contemporary	1918 Shantou, Guangdong 1920 Haiyuan, Ningxia 1925 Dali, Yunnan 1927 Gulang, Gansu 1931 Fuyun, Xinjiang 1932 Changma 1933 Diexi, Sichuan 1947 Assam 1948 Litang, Sichuan 1950 Assam – Tibet 1955 Yuzha, Sichuan 1966 Xingtai, Hebei 1969 Bohai Sea 1969 Yangjiang, Guangdong 1970 Tonghai, Yunnan 1974 Zhaotong, Yunnan 1975 Haicheng, Liaoning 1976 Tangshan, Hebei 1976 Songpan–Pingwu, Sichuan 1981 Dawu, Sichuan 1985 Luquan, Yunnan 1985 Wuqia, Xinjiang 1994 Taiwan Strait 1995 Wuding, Yunnan 1996 Lijiang, Yunnan 1996 Baotou, Inner Mongolia 1997 Jiashi, Xinjiang 1997 Manyi, Tibet 1998 Ninglang, Yunnan 2000 Yunnan 2001 Kunlun 2003 Bachu, Xinjiang 2003 Zhaosu, Xinjiang 2005 Ruichang, Jiangxi 2006 Yanjin, Yunnan 2008 Sichuan 2008 Yingjiang, Yunnan 2008 Panzhihua, Sichuan 2008 Damxung, Tibet 2009 Xinjiang 2009 Yunnan 2010 Yushu, Qinghai 2011 Yunnan 2011 Burma 2012 Yangzhou, Jiangsu 2012 Zhaotong, Yunnan 2013 Lushan, Sichuan 2013 Dingxi, Gansu 2014 Yutian, Xinjiang 2014 Yingjiang, Yunnan 2014 Ludian, Yunnan 2014 Jinggu, Yunnan 2014 Kangding, Sichuan 2015 China earthquake

By province	Sichuan

Organizations	China Meteorological Administration China Earthquake Administration China Earthquake Networks Center China Geological Survey

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