July 20, 2012 Earthquake: Jiangsu Province, China
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck Jiangsu Province, China on July 20, 2012 at 12:11:52 UTC, 10 km below the surface. It killed 1 person.
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
- July 20, 2012
- Time
- 12:11:52 UTC
- Place
- Jiangsu Province, China
- Magnitude
- 4.9 (mb)
- Focal depth
- 10 km (6 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 32.978° N, 119.593° E
- Country
- China
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 2
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 million)
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.
One person killed and two injured at Yangzhou. Thirteen rooms collapsed and 506 damaged at Taizhou and Yangzhou. Felt (III) at Changzhou, Nanjing, Xiaolingwei and Yangzhou. Also felt at
Chuzhou, Gaoyou, Hefei, Huaiyin, Yancheng and Zhenjiang. (reference #1053)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- December 1037, Taichou, Jiangsu Province, China
- July 9, 1979, Liyang, Jiangsu Province, China
- August 16, 1372, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
- July 19, 1928, Sichuan Province, China
- January 3, 1930, Jiangsu Province, China
- August 4, 499, Jiangsu Province, China
- October 999, Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
- April 22, 1974, Jiangsu Province, China
- November 18, 1829, Anhui Province, China
- December 16, 1679, Jiangsu Province, China
- October 30, 1868, Anhui 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 9950.