February 14, 1896 Earthquake: Fushun, Sichuan Province, China
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck Fushun, Sichuan Province, China on February 14, 1896. It killed 26 people.
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The earthquake
- Date
- February 14, 1896
- Place
- Fushun, Sichuan Province, China
- Magnitude
- 5.8 (Ms)
- Intensity
- 7 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 29.200° N, 104.900° E
- Country
- China
The toll
- Deaths
- 26
- Injuries
- 12
- Damage
- Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)
- Houses destroyed
- Many (101 to 1,000)
- Houses damaged
- Many (101 to 1,000)
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 14, 1896, Fushun, Sichuan Province,
In Yantancbang, Huangzhenpu and Ziliujing a few
screen walls in offices collapsed. Besides, more than
90 rooms of civilian houses were destroyed. 20 persons
were killed, 12 injured. (According to an investigation
made in recent years, there were also
some tile-roofed houses, brick walls, archways and
chimneys collapsed)
Yibin: The top-structure of an archway in the south
street of the city fell under shaking. Tiles of dilapidated
houses in villages fell down.
Nanxi: Most halls and houses in Yuntai Temple collapsed.
6 monks and laymen were killed or injured.
Suinlng: Many houses collapsed.
Janyang, Zhongjiarg, Santai, Hechuan, Anyuc, Pengxi, Peng'an, Neijiang, Qianwei, Jirgyan of Sichuan
Province and Renhuai of Cuiahou Province were
also affected.
More than 30 shocks occurred from February 4 to July
22.
(above from reference #3939)
Reference #1052 lists February 14, 1896, Szechwan Province, 29.2 N, 104.9 E, magnitude 5.75, intensity VII.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- May 10, 1974, Yunnan and Sichuan Provinces, Chao-T'Ung, China
- July 30, 1917, Yunnan Province, China
- December 18, 1935, Sichuan Province, China
- July 22, 2006, Yanjin, China
- November 8, 1905, Sichuan Province, China
- 26 BC, Yibin, Sichuan, China
- June 17, 2019, Yibin, Sichuan, China
- November 20, 1989, Jiangbei County, Sichuan Province, China
- September 15, 2021, Luxian (Lu), Sichuan Province, China
- February 25, 2019, Rongxian, Sichuan Province, China
- August 8, 2009, Rongchang, Chongqing Province, China
- September 7, 2019, Neijiang, Sichuan Province, China
- January 30, 2010, Moxi, Sichuan Province, China
- August 25, 2006, Sichuan Province, China
- October 24, 1954, 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 2483.