April 18, 1352 Earthquake: Gansu Province, China
A magnitude 7 earthquake struck Gansu Province, China on April 18, 1352.
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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
- April 18, 1352
- Place
- Gansu Province, China
- Magnitude
- 7 (Ms)
- Intensity
- 9 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 35.600° N, 105.300° E
- Country
- China
The toll
- 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.
April 18, 1352, SE of Huining, Gansu Province, 35.6 N, 105.3 E, magmitude 7, intensity IX.
Earthquakes occurred more strongly at Zhuanglang,
Dingxi, Jingning and Huining. Mountains were moved and valleys filled. City walls were razed. Houses fell in and some even completely disappeared. Office walls fell down at Huining. In this month, earthquakes lasted for many days at
Longxi (the eastern part of Gansu Province).
Note: Epicenter uncertain.
(above from reference #3939)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- December 16, 1920, Gansu Province, Shanxi Province, China
- June 19, 1718, Gansu Province, China
- October 25, 1622, Pingliang, Longde, Ningxia, China
- July 21, 1654, Tianshui, Gansu Province, China
- June 2, 1219, Ningxia, China
- September 12, 1306, Kaicheng, Ningxia, China
- September 2, 1765, Wushan, Gangu, Gansu Province, China
- October 26, 1440, Yongdeng, Gansu Province, China
- August 1, 1936, Gansu Province, China
- March 19, 734, Tianshui, Gansu Province, China
- July 21, 2013, Dingxi, Min, Gansu, China
- January 14, 1885, Gansu Province, China
- November 21, 1748, Ningxia, China
- September 10, 1837, Gansu Province, China
- January 1634, Xihe, Gansu 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 7911.