Significant earthquakes of 1202

July 25, 1202 Earthquake: Kien Nan Chan, Fujian Province, China

July 25, 1202 · Deaths: many

An earthquake struck Kien Nan Chan, Fujian Province, China on July 25, 1202.

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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
July 25, 1202
Place
Kien Nan Chan, Fujian Province, China
Tsunami
None recorded
Epicenter
27.100° N, 118.400° E
Country
China

The toll

Deaths
Many (about 101 to 1,000)

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.

What the record says

NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.

July 25, 1202, more than 60 (some say 77) families disappeared.

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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 442.