January 26, 1911 Earthquake: Hebei Province, China
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck Hebei Province, China on January 26, 1911.
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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
- January 26, 1911
- Place
- Hebei Province, China
- Magnitude
- 5.5 (Ms)
- Intensity
- 7 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 39.800° N, 114.500° E
- Country
- China
The toll
- Deaths
- Few (about 1 to 50)
- Injuries
- Few (about 1 to 50)
- Damage
- Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)
- Houses destroyed
- 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.
January 26, 1911, Yuxian, Hebei Province, 39.8 N, 114.5 E, magnitude 5.5, intensity VII.
The city walls fell more than 30 m in length. Many
shops and dwelling houses collapsed; and 5-6 two storeyed
buildings were tilted and damaged. Houses in Tucun and Nuanquan villages of Xinan Xiang were badly damaged, causing deaths and injuries. The shock was also felt in Tianjin, 230 km away. (reference #3939)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- 1057, Beijing, China
- August 1289, Beijing, China
- June 28, 1626, Shanxi Province, China
- May 21, 512, Yingxian, Shaanxi Province, China
- May 3, 1305, Huairen, Datong, Shanxi Province, China
- November 22, 1683, Shanxi Province, China
- September 30, 1730, Beijing, China
- September 294, Beijing, China
- January 10, 1998, Shangyi-Zhangbei, Hebei, Northeastern, China
- October 6, 1628, Hebei Province, China
- October 18, 1989, Shanxi and Hebei Provinces, Datong, China
- September 22, 1898, Shanxi Province, China
- November 1, 1999, Northeastern, Shanxi, China
- March 25, 1991, NE, Datong, China
- July 12, 1720, 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 7994.