The 1622 North Guyuan earthquake struck Ningxia, China on 25 October with a magnitude of 7.0 Ms and a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme).

It was the only recorded big earthquake in western China for 148 years, between 1561 and 1709.

[2] The earthquake occurred on the "rake of the Zhongwei-Tongxin fault", with a mid-seismogenic depth of about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi).

[3] This article related to the history of China is a stub.

You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.This article about an earthquake in Asia is a stub.