June 18, 1822 Earthquake: Gansu Province, China
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck Gansu Province, China on June 18, 1822. It killed 12 people.
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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
- June 18, 1822
- Place
- Gansu Province, China
- Magnitude
- 5.5 (Ms)
- Intensity
- VII, very strong shaking, on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 33.000° N, 104.600° E
- Country
- China
The toll
- Deaths
- 23; 12 with its tsunami and other effects
- Injuries
- 20
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 million)
- Houses destroyed
- 70
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.
June 18, 1822, Wenxian,Gansu Provicne, 33 N, 104.6 E, magnitude 5.5, intensity VII. Over 70 rooms collapsed. 23 people were killed and over 20 injured. Jingning, Xining, Lintan, Tianshui, Lintao, Ningxlan and Dingxi, victims were relieved with grains in February 1823. (reference #3939)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- July 1, 1879, Gansu Province, China
- July 21, 1654, Tianshui, Gansu Province, China
- August 25, 1933, Sichuan Province, China
- February 22, 186 BC, Gansu Province, China
- July 20, 1881, Gansu Province, China
- August 1, 1936, Gansu Province, China
- July 21, 2013, Dingxi, Min, Gansu, China
- January 14, 1885, Gansu Province, China
- September 10, 1837, Gansu Province, China
- January 1634, Xihe, Gansu Province, China
- August 8, 2017, Aba, Sichuan Province, China
- June 22, 1880, Wenxian, Gansu Province, China
- May 25, 2008, Sichuan Province, China
- August 5, 2008, Sichuan Province, China
- December 9, 2008, Sichuan 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 1662.