January 1001 Earthquake: Tsin, Shaanxi Province, China
An earthquake struck Tsin, Shaanxi Province, China in January 1001. It killed 60 people.
Map
Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- January 1001
- Place
- Tsin, Shaanxi Province, China
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 34.300° N, 109.000° E
- Country
- China
The toll
- Deaths
- 60
Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- January 23, 1556, Shaanxi Province, China
- August 10, 1487, Lintong, Xianyang, Shaanxi Province, China
- January 19, 1501, Chaoyi, Shaanxi Province, China
- May 15, 1568, Xian, Shaanxi Province, China
- December 13, 600, Shaanxi Province, China
- April 30, 1000, Shaanxi Province, China
- November 7, 1789, Tongguan, Shaanxi Province, China
- December 1634, Lingtai, Gansu Province, China
- July 1631, Ningxia, China
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Sources
Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 309.