July 294 Earthquake: Shouxian, Anhui Province, China
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck Shouxian, Anhui Province, China in July 294.
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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
- July 294
- Place
- Shouxian, Anhui Province, China
- Magnitude
- 5.5 (Ms)
- Intensity
- 7 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 32.600° N, 116.800° E
- Country
- China
The toll
- Deaths
- Few (about 1 to 50)
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.
July 294, Shouxian, Anhui Province, magnitude 5.5, intensity VII.
Earth quaked violently, and over 20 families were
killed.
Note: Wen Xian Tong Kaoq uoted Wu Xing Zhi as saying
"Flood water overflowed the banks, landslides
occurred and the city sank." Wu Xing Zhi in :fin Shu (History oftheJin Dynasty) says, "Great thunders. Landslides happened. The earth opened and swallowed many people."
(above from reference #3939)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- September 28, 1831, Anhui Province, China
- August 16, 1372, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
- March 14, 2015, Fuyang, Anhui Province, China
- October 30, 1868, Anhui Province, China
- June 17, 1954, Anhui Province, China
- November 18, 1829, Anhui Province, China
- January 24, 1917, Anhui Province, China
- July 2, 1959, Henan Province, China
- August 4, 499, Jiangsu 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 7899.