China earthquakes and nuclear tests: Earthquake Records - Southwest China (Sichuan, Yunnan)

Year Month / Day Latitude Longitude Magnitude (R. S.) Focus Depth Fatalities Locale
1981 01/23 31.0°N 101.1°E 6.9 12 km 150 Dao Fu, Sichuan Province
1982 06/15 31.8°N 99.8°E 6.0   10 Northwest of Gan Zi, Sichuan Province
1985 04/18 25.9° N 102.9° E 6.3 9 km 22 Lu Quan, Yunnan Province
1986 06/21 31.2° N 86.8° E 6.5 38 km Wen Bu, Tibet
1988 11/06 22.9° N
23.4° N
99.9° E
99.6° E
7.6
7.2
13km
8km
738 Lan Cang - Geng Ma
Yunnan Province
1989 04/16 30.0° N 99.4° E 6.7 10-12 km 8 Ba Tang, Sichuan Province
1989 05/07 23.5° N 99.5° E 6.2 1 Geng Ma, Yunnan Province
1989 09/22 31.5° N 102.6° E 6.6 15 km 1 Xiao Jin, Sichuan Province
1989 11/20 30.0° N 106.7° E 5.2 4 North of Chong Qing, Sichuan Prov.
1995 07/12 22.0° N 99.1° E 7.2 11 Meng Lian, Yunnan Province
1996 02/03 27.3° N 100.2° E 7.0 10 km 322 Li Jiang, Yunnan Province
2008 05/12 30.986° N 103.364° E 7.9 19 km 87,587 Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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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