When did a big earthquake happen in Quanzhou? Several grades

1604 12.29 (October 9th, thirty-two years of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty), an earthquake of magnitude 8 occurred in the waters east of Quanzhou. Quanzhou earthquake is the largest earthquake along the southeast coast of China, and the ancient city of Quanzhou and its adjacent areas suffered serious damage. According to historical records, a foreshock occurred the day before the main earthquake, and a major earthquake occurred on the night of the 29th, and rocks and seawater were moving. All the buildings and shops inside and outside Quanzhou City were dumped; The rafters in the south of the top cover of the East Tower of Kaiyuan Temple were damaged in 2 places and in the southeast corner in 8 places. Luoyang Bridge was destroyed; There are many ground fissures; In Qingyuan Mountain, sand, water and gas are still gushing out from the cracked ground fissure. There are many capsized ships along the coast of Quanzhou. Putian city walls collapsed in many places, many high-rise buildings in the city collapsed, and countless rural houses collapsed. The fields are cracked, the black sand and sulfur stink, and the pool water is dried up because of the ground cracking. There is a cave in the ground outside the south gate of Zhangpu, which is more than 50 feet wide and about 20 feet deep. There is black sediment in the spewing water. There are many rotten houses in Nan 'an. There are many depraved people in Tongan Road Society. Anxi mountains and rivers collapsed. I heard thunder during the Funing earthquake and so on. Because the earthquake happened in the evening, there were casualties in most coastal areas of southern Fujian. 22 counties (cities) in Fujian, Jiangxi and Zhejiang provinces recorded different degrees of earthquake damage. The earthquake was severely damaged and widely distributed, and the farthest distance from the epicenter was 220 kilometers. Felt covers as far as 1000 km and is recorded in 124 counties in Anhui, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi and other provinces. Quanzhou is located in the seismic zone with the most frequent seismic activity along the southeast coast of China. During the active period of 1445- 1609, several destructive earthquakes occurred in Quanzhou-Shantou seismic belt.