July 1631 Earthquake: Ningxia, China
A magnitude 5 earthquake struck Ningxia, China in July 1631.
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 1631
- Place
- Ningxia, China
- Magnitude
- 5 (Ms)
- Intensity
- 6 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 35.500° N, 107.800° E
- Country
- China
The toll
- Deaths
- Some (about 51 to 100) with its tsunami and other effects
- Missing
- 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.
July 1631, Ningxian, Gansu Province, 35.5 N, 107.8 E, magnitude 5, intensity VI. Some people were killed. (reference #3939)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- October 25, 1622, Pingliang, Longde, Ningxia, China
- June 2, 1219, Ningxia, China
- September 12, 1306, Kaicheng, Ningxia, China
- August 10, 1487, Lintong, Xianyang, Shaanxi Province, China
- May 15, 1568, Xian, Shaanxi Province, China
- December 13, 600, Shaanxi Province, China
- January 1001, Tsin, Shaanxi Province, China
- November 21, 1748, Ningxia, China
- December 1634, Lingtai, Gansu Province, China
- September 28, 1704, Longxian, Shaanxi Province, China
- July 3, 1343, Nan Pi Tsin Nan, Hunan 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 7951.