September 27, 1290 Earthquake: Ningcheng, Nei Mongol, China

Name: September 27, 1290 Earthquake: Ningcheng, Nei Mongol, China
Start: 1290-09-27
Location: Ningcheng, Nei Mongol, China

September 27, 1290 · M6.8 · 100,000 deaths

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Ningcheng, Nei Mongol, China on September 27, 1290. It killed 100,000 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: September 27, 1290
Place: Ningcheng, Nei Mongol, China
Magnitude: 6.8 (Ms)
Intensity: 9 on the Modified Mercalli scale
Tsunami: None recorded
Epicenter: 41.500° N, 119.300° E
Country: China

The toll

Deaths: 100,000
Damage: Severe (about $5 to $25 million)

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.

1290, September 27. Ningcheng, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, 41.6 N, 119.3 E, magnitude 6.75, intensity IX.

480 storehouses and uncountable civilian houses were

destroyed in the Wuping Lu, 7,220 officers and,

people were killed.

The originally shabby Dafengguo Temple in Yixian

tilted and collapsed.

The shock also struck Changping, Hejian, Xiongxian,

Renqiu, Baoding, Xianxian and Baxian of Hebei

Province.

Note: At that time the seat of the local government.

of the Wuping Lu was located at the present day

Ningcheng County and had under its jurisdiction

seven counties and nine prefectures.

(above from reference #3939)

1290, September 27. Liaoning, 41.6 N, 119.3 E, magnitude 6.75, intensity IX. (reference #1052)

1290, September 27. Jehol, China, 100,000 deaths. (reference #1002)

1290, September 27. 41.500N, 119.3E, intensity XI, 7220 deaths, severe damage. (reference #1096)

1290, September 27. China (Chihli), Shangtu also called Luanking, and (Fukien), Wuping, in Tingchou Fu, 100,000 deaths. (reference #1055)

1290, September 27. China (Chihli and Fukien), 100,000 deaths. (reference #1182)

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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 488.