Where is the earthquake in China?

China is located between the Pacific Rim seismic belt and the Eurasian seismic belt, squeezed by the Pacific plate, the Indian plate and the Philippine Sea plate, and the seismic fault zone is very active.

Earthquakes in China are mainly distributed in five areas: Taiwan Province Province, Southwest China, Northwest China, North China and Southeast coastal areas.

Mainly: Qinghai-Tibet Plateau earthquake area. Including the vast plateau area surrounded by Hindu Kush Mountain, West Kunlun Mountain, Altun Mountain, Qilian Mountain, Helan Mountain-Liupanshan Mountain, Longmen Mountain, Himalayan Mountain and the eastern wing of Hengduan Mountain. It involves all or part of Qinghai, Tibet, Xinjiang, Gansu, Ningxia, Sichuan and Yunnan. This earthquake area is the largest in China, and it is also the area with the strongest seismic activity and frequent major earthquakes. According to statistics, there have been 9 earthquakes of magnitude 8 or above here; There have been 78 earthquakes of magnitude 7-7.9. Ranked first in the country.

The earthquake zone in North China includes all or part of Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Ningxia, Jiangsu, Anhui and other provinces. Among the five seismic zones, its earthquake intensity and frequency are second only to the "Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Seismic Zone", ranking second in China.

The earthquake zone includes: Tancheng-Yingkou seismic belt. Including most or part of Tieling, Hebei, Shandong and Jiangsu provinces from Suqian to Liaoning. Seismic belt in North China Plain. The southern boundary is roughly located on Xinxiang-Bengbu line, the northern boundary is located on the south side of Yanshan Mountain, the western boundary is located on the east side of Taihang Mountain, and the eastern boundary is located on the western edge of Xialiaohe-Liaodongwan sag. Wei Fen earthquake zone. It starts from Xuanhua-Huai 'an Basin and Huailai-Yanqing Basin in Hebei Province in the north, passes Yangyuan Basin, Yuxian Basin, Datong Basin, Ding Xin Basin, Lingqiu Basin, Taiyuan Basin, Linfen Basin and Yuncheng Basin, and reaches Weihe Basin in the south. Yinchuan-Hetao seismic belt. Yinchuan, Uda, Dengkou and some areas west of Hohhot are located in the west and north of Hetao area.

Sichuan Longmenshan seismic belt. Longmen Mountain in Sichuan Province is located on the northwest edge of Sichuan Basin, between Guangyuan City and Dujiangyan City. Northeast-southwest trend. Including Longmen, Chaping, Jiuding and other mountains. It is connected to Motianling in the northeast and Minjiang River in the southwest. Stretching for more than 200 kilometers.

In addition, there are "Xinjiang seismic belt", "Taiwan Province seismic belt", "South China seismic belt" and "Southeast coastal seismic belt".