August 23, 999 Earthquake: Hunan Province, China

Name: August 23, 999 Earthquake: Hunan Province, China
Start: 0999-08-23
Location: Hunan Province, China

August 23, 999 · Deaths: some

An earthquake struck Hunan Province, China on August 23, 999.

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 23, 999
Place: Hunan Province, China
Tsunami: None recorded
Epicenter: 29.000° N, 112.000° E
Country: China
Region: East Asia

The toll

Deaths: Some (about 51 to 100)
Damage: Moderate (about $1 to $5 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.

Reference #1096 lists earthquake on August 23, 999, Hunan Province, slip of slope on occasion of strong rains, 22 families lost (? translation).

Sources NCEI cites

The publications NCEI lists for this record. The numbers match the “reference #” notes in its account above.

#1096 Gauthier, H. (1907). Resume du Catalogue des Tremblements de Terre Signales En Chine. Extrait du Bulletin de l'Observatoire de Zi-Ka-Wei, Tome XXXIII, Annee 1907, Fasc. C. [various pages, in French]

Other significant earthquakes nearby

Within 200 km, the deadliest first.

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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 2026-10-01. NCEI earthquake 7902.