October 5, 1314 Earthquake: Shexian, Hebei, China
A magnitude 6 earthquake struck Shexian, Hebei, China on October 5, 1314. It killed 340 people.
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The earthquake
- Date
- October 5, 1314
- Place
- Shexian, Hebei, China
- Magnitude
- 6 (Ms)
- Intensity
- 8 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 36.500° N, 113.800° E
- Country
- China
The toll
- Deaths
- 340
- Damage
- Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)
- Houses destroyed
- Some (about 51 to 100)
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.
October 5, 1314, NE of Shexian, Hebei Province, 36.6 N, 113.8 E, magnitude 6, intensity VIII.
Official, civilian houses were destroyed. 326 people
were killed at Shexian County and 14 at Wu'an. Shocks also struck Jining (the seat of the local government was located at Yangqu), Kaifeng and Guoyang Zhen.
(above from reference #3939)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- March 7, 1966, Hebei Province, China
- June 12, 1830, Hebei Province, China
- December 4, 1209, Fushan, Shaanxi Province, China
- July 31, 1937, Shandong Province, China
- 777, Shulu, Ningjin, Hebei Province, China
- 344, Henan Province, China
- October 17, 1502, Pucheng, Henan Province, China
- November 6, 1983, E, Heze-Dongming, Shandong Province, China
- April 17, 1891, Shanxi Province, China
- August 19, 820, Fan Chong, Shaanxi Province, China
- February 4, 1814, Henan Province, China
- 1890, Shanxi Province, China
- May 14, 1351, Yushe, Shanxi Province, China
- April 20, 1966, Hebei Province, China
- March 19, 1966, Hebei Province, 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 514.