Relevant records of Quanzhou earthquake

Quanzhou is located in the southeast coastal area of Fujian Province. Historically, it was strongly influenced by Quanzhou M8.0 overseas earthquake, and it is one of the cities in the southeast coastal areas of China that are threatened by potential earthquakes. Since 1990s, Quanzhou's economy has been growing at a high speed. With the rapid development of economy, the threat of potential earthquakes to Quanzhou is also increasing sharply.

Quanzhou is located in the seismic belt along the southeast coast of China. In history (A.D. 1640), an earthquake of magnitude 8. 1 occurred, and the Changle-Zhaoan seismic active fault zone runs through the coastal counties and cities of our city. The NW-trending active fault and Changzhao belt meet in Quanzhou area. At the same time, Taiwan Province Province, which has a high frequency and intensity of earthquakes, is separated from our city by a water, and strong earthquakes in Taiwan Province Province often affect our city. Since 1994, strong earthquakes have been very active in the southeast coastal seismic belt. 1An earthquake of magnitude 7.3 occurred in Taiwan Province Strait in September, 1994;1An earthquake of magnitude 5.3 occurred in the sea area south of Jinjing, Jinjiang City on February 25th, 1995;1An earthquake occurred again in the sea area of Huian on August 5th, 1999.