China earthquakes and nuclear tests: Earthquake Records - Northwest China (Xinjiang, Ningxia, Qinghai, Gansu)

Year Month / Day Latitude Longitude Magnitude (R. S.) Focus Depth Fatalities Locale
1982 04/14 36.8° N 105.5°E 5.7 North of Hai Yuan in Ningxia Auto. Region
1983 02/13 40.1° N 75.3° E 6.8 30 – 35km Wu Qia, Xinjiang Auto. Region
1983 04/05 40.0° N 75.0° E 6.2 Northwest of Wu Qia, Xinjiang Auto. Region
1985 08/23 39.4° N 75.6° E 7.4 18 km 71 Wu Qia, Xinjiang Auto. Region
1987 01/05 42.0° N 81.3° E 5.9 Bai Cheng, Xinjiang Auto. Region
1987 01/24 41.5° N 79.3° E 6.3 Wu Shi, Xinjiang Auto. Region
1988 01/03 38.1° N 106.3° E 5.4 Ling Wu, Ningxia Auto. Region
1990 04/17 39.5° N 74.5° E 6.4 Wu Qia, Xinjiang Auto. Region
1990 04/26 36.1° N 100.3° E 6.9 15 km 126 Gong He, Qinghai Province
1990 10/20 37.1° N 103.5° E 6.2 15 km 4 Tian Zhu, Gansu Prov.
1991 02/25 40.4° N 79.4° E 6.5 Ke Ping, Xinjiang Auto. Region
1995 07/22 36.4° N 103.3° E 5.8 14 Yong Deng, Gansu Prov. 
2002 12/25 39.7° N 75.2° E 5.7 33 Kyrgyzstan-Xinjiang border region
2003 02/24 39.61° N 77.24° E 6.3 11 261 Southern Xinjiang
2008 03/20 35.445° N 81.392° E 7.2 22.9 Xinjiang-Xizang border region
2008 10/06 29.761° N 90.320° E 6.3 12 10 Eastern Xizang
Year Month / Day Latitude Longitude Magnitude (R. S.) Focus Depth Fatalities Locale

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* – Information is from the Chinese State Seismological Bureau (in Chinese) and is for reference only. Last updated: 2009-10-22 00:10 UTC

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