February 4, 1814 Earthquake: Henan Province, China
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck Henan Province, China on February 4, 1814. It killed 4 people.
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The earthquake
- Date
- February 4, 1814
- Place
- Henan Province, China
- Magnitude
- 5.3 (Ms)
- Intensity
- VII, very strong shaking, on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 35.800° N, 114.400° E
- Country
- China
The toll
- Deaths
- 4
- Injuries
- Many (about 101 to 1,000)
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 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.
February 4, 1814, in and around Tangyin and Xunxian,
Henan Province, 35.8 N, 114.4 E, magnitude 5.25, intensity VII.
Over 100 rooms each in old shabby tile-roofed houses and thatched cottages collapsed in various villages. 4 persons were killed and dozens of people injured in Tangyin. The earthquake also struck Wuzhi in Henan Province; Shouzhang, Pucheng, Yanggu, Yuncheng, and Dingtao in Shandong Province.
(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
- August 3, 1820, Henan Province, China
- July 31, 1937, Shandong Province, China
- October 5, 1314, Shexian, Hebei, China
- 344, Henan Province, China
- October 17, 1502, Pucheng, Henan Province, China
- November 6, 1983, E, Heze-Dongming, Shandong Province, China
- April 20, 1966, Hebei Province, China
- March 19, 1966, Hebei Province, China
- 1890, Shanxi Province, China
- March 6, 1966, Hebei Province, China
- March 22, 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 7970.