August 5, 2023 Earthquake: Pingyuan, Shangdong Province, China
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck Pingyuan, Shangdong Province, China on August 5, 2023 at 18:33:58 UTC, 10 km below the surface.
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
- August 5, 2023
- Time
- 18:33:58 UTC
- Place
- Pingyuan, Shangdong Province, China
- Magnitude
- 5.4 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 10 km (6 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 37.231° N, 116.355° E
- Country
- China
The toll
- Injuries
- 24
- Damage
- Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)
- Houses destroyed
- 213
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.
Dozens of people have been injured and 213 homes destroyed following an earthquake in Pingyuan county, East China's Shandong Province. It was the strongest earthquake recorded in the province in over a decade. (reference #13567)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- March 7, 1966, Hebei Province, China
- 777, Shulu, Ningjin, Hebei Province, China
- October 17, 1502, Pucheng, Henan Province, China
- December 2, 1882, Hebei Province, China
- September 18, 1704, Dongguang, Cangxian, Hebei Province, China
- March 26, 1966, Hebei Province, China
- December 2, 1967, Shulu, Hebei Province, China
- March 22, 1966, Hebei Province, China
- March 6, 1966, Hebei Province, China
- March 19, 1966, Hebei Province, China
- April 20, 1966, Hebei Province, China
- March 27, 1967, Hejian, Dacheng, Hebei Province, China
- August 14, 1068, Cangzhou, Hejian, Hebei Province, China
- May 1347, Lintou, Chingchou, Shandong 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 10702.