From ancient times to the present, there have been more than 20 strong earthquakes 120 times in Shanxi and its border areas, including more than 8 earthquakes 1 time, 5 earthquakes of 7-7.9, 6-6.9 earthquakes 14 times, and 5-5.9 earthquakes 100 times.

Since 1990s, the records of strong earthquakes in Shanxi Province are 199 1 year, 5. 1 earthquake in Xinzhou area, 5.8 earthquake in Datong-Yanggao area, 0/999 earthquake in Datong-Yanggao area, 5.6 earthquake in 2002 and 4.7 earthquake in Taiyuan area.

On 20 10, an earthquake of magnitude 4.8 occurred at the junction of Hejin City and Wanrong County in Yuncheng City, and an earthquake of magnitude 3.3 occurred at the junction of wenxi county and Xiaxian County in Yuncheng City on 20 10.

On March 20 16 12, an earthquake of magnitude 4.4 occurred in Yanhu District, Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province, and was felt in Linfen, Houma, Henan Province and Luoyang, Shaanxi Province.

According to historical data, Linfen Basin has the highest seismic activity intensity, and Zhao Cheng in Hongdong has experienced two major earthquakes of magnitude 7-8 in 1303 and 1695 respectively.

Four earthquakes of magnitude 7-7.9 occurred in Ding Xin-Lingqiu Basin.

Continuous small earthquakes mostly occurred in Taiyuan basin, and the rest were distributed in Xiyang, Heshun, Lingqiu, Daixian, Tianzhen and Yuncheng.

Six earthquakes

The Yuanping-Daixian earthquake in the first year of the extension of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

On April 20th, the first year of the Northern Wei Dynasty (May 20th, 512,21), an earthquake of magnitude 7.5 occurred between Yuanping and Daixian.

This is the first recorded strong earthquake of magnitude 7 or above in Shanxi Province.

"Shu Wei Zheng Lingzhi" said that "Shi Jing and the earthquakes in Binhe, Shuozhou, Hunan, Hebei, Dingzhou and Yingliu States killed 53 10 people and injured 2720 people."

Song Jingyao Dingxiang-Xinzhou earthquake in four years.

1February 2nd (1038 65438+1October 9th), an earthquake of magnitude 7.25 occurred in Dingxiang-Xinzhou area.

32,308 people were killed and 5,600 injured.

The hanging urn temple on the hanging urn mountain near Jinci Temple in southwest Taiyuan was destroyed and abandoned.

Zhao Cheng earthquake in Hongdong, Dade, Yuan Dynasty.

On the sixth day of August in the seventh year of Yuan Dade (1303 September 17), an earthquake of magnitude 8 occurred in Zhao Cheng, Hongdong.

This is the first earthquake of magnitude 8 recorded in historical documents in China.

The earthquake caused heavy casualties and economic losses on Pingyang Road and Taiyuan Road.

Due to the serious disaster, the number of casualties in this earthquake is described as "uncountable" and "decadent legacy" in Yuan history and many historical documents, or roughly tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands.

Tomorrow will be the sixth year of the Lingqiu earthquake.

Tomorrow, the fifth day of June (1June 28th, 626), a strong earthquake of magnitude 7 will strike Lingqiu.

The epicenter was located in Lingqiu.

According to Kangxi's "Lingqiu County Records" Volume II, during the earthquake, Lingqiu "collapsed all over the city, with no government and civilian houses left, countless casualties and dark water."

In the 22nd year of Qing Emperor Kangxi, Luanxian (Yuanping) earthquake occurred.

On the fifth day of October (1683165438+1October 22), a strong earthquake of magnitude 7 occurred in Yingxian county.

Murce, then governor of Shanxi Province, reported that Taiyuan belonged to 15 county, and Daizhou, Hunxian and Fan Shi were the most seriously affected.

More than 60,000 houses in Hostel County were destroyed.

Linfen earthquake in the thirty-fourth year of Kangxi in Qing Dynasty

On the sixth day of April (1695 May 18), a strong earthquake of magnitude 8 occurred in Linfen.

The losses caused by the earthquake are extremely serious.

According to the records in the archives and local chronicles of the Qing Dynasty, there were 28 counties such as Linfen, Xiangling, Hongdong and Quwo at that time, and 14 counties were seriously affected, with more than 52,600 casualties (the actual number of casualties was even higher).

Someone said in his preface that there were no two or three rooms in Linfen and Xiangling, and seven or eight residents were killed or injured.

To make matters worse, the fire at that time burned the sky and the black water flooded the ground. "