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