November 14, 2001 Earthquake: Xidatan, Qinghai Province, China
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Xidatan, Qinghai Province, China on November 14, 2001 at 09:26:10 UTC, 10 km below the surface.
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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
- November 14, 2001
- Time
- 09:26:10 UTC
- Place
- Xidatan, Qinghai Province, China
- Magnitude
- 7.8 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 10 km (6 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 35.946° N, 90.541° E
- Country
- China
The toll
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 million)
- Houses destroyed
- Some (about 51 to 100)
- Houses damaged
- 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.
Some houses destroyed in the
Xidatan area southwest of Golmud. Felt strongly at
Golmud. Felt in Qinghai, southeastern Xinjiang,
western Gansu and northern Sichuan Provinces. Felt by
people in high-rise buildings at Lanzhou. (reference #1250)
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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 5612.