July 1227 Earthquake: Ningxia, China
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck Ningxia, China in July 1227.
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 1227
- Place
- Ningxia, China
- Magnitude
- 5.5 (Ms)
- Intensity
- 7 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 38.500° N, 106.300° E
- Country
- China
The toll
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 million)
- Houses destroyed
- Few (about 1 to 50)
- Houses damaged
- Few (about 1 to 50)
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 1227, Yinchuan, Ningxia Autonomous Region, 38.5 N, 106.3 E, magnitude 5.5, intensity VII. A violent earthquake struck Yinchuan. Most palace buildings were destroyed. (reference 33939)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- January 3, 1739, Ningxia, China
- April 1143, Ningxia, China
- October 14, 1709, Ningxia, China
- July 25, 1561, E of Zhongwei, Ningxia, China
- May 26, 1852, Ningxia, China
- January 2, 2025, Ningxia, China
- December 17, 1962, Ningxia, China
- January 3, 1988, Lingwu, China
- July 14, 876, Qingtongxia, Ningxia, China
- April 10, 1495, Zhongwei, Ningxia, China
- February 15, 1627, Ningxia, China
- July 31, 1954, Nei Mongol, 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 8091.