October 14, 1925 Earthquake: Yunnan Province, China
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck Yunnan Province, China on October 14, 1925 at 17:05:18 UTC. It killed 12 people.
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
- October 14, 1925
- Time
- 17:05:18 UTC
- Place
- Yunnan Province, China
- Magnitude
- 5.8 (Ms)
- Intensity
- 7 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 27.000° N, 100.000° E
- Country
- China
The toll
- Deaths
- 12
- Injuries
- Many (about 101 to 1,000)
- Damage
- Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)
- Houses destroyed
- 500
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.
October 15, 1925, 01:05:18 local time, Lijiang, Yunnan Province, 27 N, 100 E, magnitude 5.75, intensity VII.
More than 500 civilian houses collapsed at Axili, 12 people were killed, and some dozens of people were injured. (reference #3939)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- March 16, 1925, Talifu, Yunnan Province, China
- July 13, 1652, Midu, Yunnan Province, China
- May 25, 1751, Yunnan Province, China
- February 3, 1996, Lijiang, Yunnan Province, China
- October 23, 1515, Dali, Yunnan Province, China
- June 14, 1688, Yunnan Province, China
- February 23, 1839, Yunnan Province, China
- June 27, 1948, Yunnan Province, China
- June 17, 1515, Heqing, Yunnan Province, China
- February 7, 1839, Yunnan Province, China
- August 7, 1878, Yunnan Province, China
- April 2, 1586, Weishan, Yunnan Province, China
- July 21, 2003, Yunnan Province, China
- January 14, 2000, Yaoan County, Yunnan Province, China
- August 1902, Yunnan 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 3278.