Table 1 Mortality rate by intensity of 61 historical earthquakes.
No. | Location | Time | Magnitude (Mw) | Death toll (person) | Mortality rate of each intensity | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
VI | VII | VIII | IX | X | XI | |||||
1 | Yunnan, Dongchuan | 19,660,205 | 6.5 | 305 | 0.00191682 | 0.00832774 | ||||
2 | Yunnan, Tonghai | 19,700,105 | 7.8 | 15,621 | 0.000119 | 0.001687 | 0.015838 | 0.039332 | 0.155483 | |
3 | Yunnan, Daguan | 19,740,511 | 7.1 | 1308 | 0.000236 | 0.000608 | 0.004897 | 0.03454 | ||
4 | Hebei, Tangshan | 19,760,728 | 7.8 | 262,000 | 0.0444615 | 0.09417 | 0.153 | 0.22 | ||
5 | Yunnan, Mohei | 19,790,315 | 6.8 | 12 | 0.000039 | 0.00014 | 0.00052 | 0.000742 | ||
6 | Yunnan, Lancang-Gengma | 19,881,106 | 7.6 | 748 | 0.000014 | 0.0001 | 0.001253 | 0.009378 | ||
7 | Sichuan, Batang | 19,890,416 | 6.7 | 8 | 0.00005945 | 0.00055659 | 0.0029 | |||
8 | Sichuan, Shimian | 19,890,609 | 5.2 | 1 | 0.0005 | |||||
9 | Sichuan, Xiaojin | 19,890,922 | 6.6 | 1 | 0.00052632 | |||||
10 | Chongqing, Jiangbei | 19,891,120 | 5.2 | 3 | 0.00042644 | |||||
11 | Jiangsu, Changshu | 19,900,210 | 5.1 | 2 | 0.00017513 | |||||
12 | Qinghai, Gonghe | 19,900,426 | 7 | 119 | 0.00041532 | 0.00258065 | 0.0035 | 0.01725 | ||
13 | Gansu, Tianzhu | 19,901,020 | 6.2 | 2 | 0.0006949 | |||||
14 | Shanxi, Datong | 19,910,326 | 5.8 | 1 | 0.00108696 | |||||
15 | Hebei, Tangshan | 19,910,530 | 5.1 | 2 | 0.00012492 | |||||
16 | Yunnan, Yongsheng | 19,921,218 | 5.4 | 1 | 0.00020747 | |||||
17 | Xinjiang, Hejing | 19,930,203 | 5.4 | 4 | 0.00021505 | |||||
18 | Xizang, Lazi | 19,930,320 | 6.6 | 2 | 0.0025974 | |||||
19 | Yunnan, Xhongdian | 19,930,717 | 5.6 | 1 | 0.00053763 | |||||
20 | Xinjiang, Kashi | 19,931,201 | 6 | 2 | 0.00019646 | |||||
21 | Xinjiang, Wusu | 19,950,502 | 5.8 | 2 | 0.00021482 | |||||
22 | Gansu, Yongdeng | 19,950,722 | 5.8 | 10 | 0.00000278 | 0.00002762 | 0.00096502 | |||
23 | Yunnan, Wuding | 19,951,024 | 6.5 | 50 | 0.00000559 | 0.00003211 | 0.00016165 | 0.00111111 | ||
24 | Yunnan, Lijiang | 19,960,203 | 7 | 309 | 0.00004609 | 0.00026963 | 0.00078037 | 0.00257959 | ||
25 | Sichuan, Yibin | 19,960,228 | 5.4 | 1 | 0.0002584 | |||||
26 | Xinjiang, Jiashi | 19,960,319 | 6.4 | 24 | 0.00017225 | |||||
27 | Yunnan, Lijiang | 19,960,702 | 5.2 | 2 | 0.0000186 | |||||
28 | Yunnan, Lijiang | 19,960,925 | 5.7 | 1 | 0.00012484 | |||||
29 | Sichuan, Baiyu | 19,961,225 | 5.5 | 2 | 0.00016978 | |||||
30 | Xinjiang, Jiashi | 19,970,121 | 6.4 | 12 | 0 | 0.00059084 | ||||
31 | Xinjiang, Jiashi | 19,970,301 | 6 | 1 | 0.0001199 | |||||
32 | Xinjiang, Jiashi | 19,970,406 | 6.3 | 8 | 0 | 0.00018579 | ||||
33 | Hebei, Zhangbei | 19,980,110 | 6.2 | 49 | 0.00002597 | 0.00303 | ||||
34 | Yunnan, Ninglang, | 19,981,119 | 6.2 | 5 | 0.00001245 | 0.00004933 | 0.00108992 | |||
35 | Gansu, Wendeng | 19,990,415 | 4.7 | 1 | 0.00344828 | |||||
36 | Sichuan, Mianzhu | 19,991,130 | 5 | 1 | 0.00007622 | |||||
37 | Henan, Neixiang | 20,000,429 | 4.7 | 1 | 0.00001171 | |||||
38 | Yunnan, Wuding | 20,000,821 | 5.1 | 2 | 0.00003165 | |||||
39 | Sichuan, Yajiang | 20,010,223 | 6 | 3 | 0.00004419 | 0.00050125 | ||||
40 | Yunnan, Shidian | 20,010,410 | 5.9 | 3 | 0.00000251 | 0.00000835 | 0.00007391 | |||
41 | Sichuan, Yanyuan | 20,010,524 | 5.8 | 1 | 0.00010256 | |||||
42 | Yunnan, Shidian | 20,010,608 | 5.3 | 1 | 0.00001255 | |||||
43 | Yunnan, Yongsheng | 20,011,027 | 6 | 1 | 0.00005274 | |||||
44 | Xinjiang, Kashi | 20,030,224 | 6.8 | 268 | 0.0000195 | 0.000087 | 0.000389 | 0.00174 | ||
45 | Yunnan, Dayao | 20,030,721 | 6.2 | 16 | 0 | 0.000125984 | ||||
46 | Neimenggu, Balinzuoqi | 20,030,816 | 5.9 | 4 | 0 | 0.00023613 | ||||
47 | Xizang, Linzhi | 20,030,818 | 5.7 | 2 | 0.0007874 | |||||
48 | Yunnan, Dayao | 20,031,016 | 6.1 | 3 | 0 | 0.00042553 | ||||
49 | Gansu, Minle | 20,031,025 | 6.1 | 10 | 0 | 0.000787 | ||||
50 | Yunnan, Ludian | 20,031,115 | 5.1 | 4 | 0.00011608 | |||||
51 | Xinjiang, Kashi | 20,031,201 | 6.1 | 10 | 0.00020521 | |||||
52 | Neimenggu, Dongwuzhumuqinqi | 20,040,324 | 5.9 | 1 | 0.00033445 | |||||
53 | Sichuan, Yibin | 20,040,617 | 4.7 | 1 | 0.00002129 | |||||
54 | Yunnan, Ludian | 20,040,810 | 5.6 | 4 | 0.00000255 | 0.0053 | ||||
55 | Sichuan, Wenchuan | 20,080,512 | 8 | 69,227 | 0.00000781 | 0.00006902 | 0.00056894 | 0.00757822 | 0.07731237 | 0.24416366 |
56 | Sichuan, Wenchuan(gansu) | 20,080,512 | 8 | 375 | 0.000005 | 0.000107 | 0.000363 | 0.001031 | ||
57 | Yunnan, Yiliang | 20,120,907 | 5.7 | 81 | 0.000005 | 0.000078 | 0.0353 | |||
58 | Sichuan, Lushan | 20,130,420 | 7 | 196 | 0.00000489 | 0.00003286 | 0.00029 | 0.0017055 | ||
59 | Gansu, Minxian | 20,130,722 | 6.6 | 95 | 0.00000162 | 0.0002344 | 0.000625 | |||
60 | Yunnan, Ludian | 20,140,803 | 6.5 | 617 | 0.00001693 | 0.00017945 | 0.00184314 | 0.015504141 | ||
61 | Sichuan, Jiuzhaigou | 20,170,808 | 7.0 | 29+ | 0.000002 | 0.000005 | 0.006 | 0.0047 | ||