northern China were struck by an earthquake of estimated magnitude Ms6.8 on 23 October 1815. The epicentre was in Pinglu County in southernmost Shanxi,...

This is a List of earthquakes in China, part of the series of lists of disasters in China. Earthquakes in the loess plateau where residents lived in yaodong...

deaths), 1626 Lingqiu (>5,200 deaths), 1695 Linfen (>52,600 deaths) and 1815 Pinglu (>13,000 deaths) events. The Shanxi Rift System is named for the province...

notable fault, but only major fault zones.[clarification needed] Lists of earthquakes Tectonics Yeats, R. (2012), Active Faults of the World, Cambridge University...