Mount Tai earthquake

The Mount Tai earthquake (Chinese: 泰山震) was the first recorded earthquake in history. It occurred at Mount Tai, in present-day Shandong province, China, during the seventh year of the reign of King Fa of the Xia dynasty, which places its occurrence at some point between circa 2205 and 1600 BCE.^[1] The earthquake was mentioned briefly in the Bamboo Annals.^[a] The event has tentatively been dated to 1831^[2] or 1740 BCE.^[3]

Mount Tai earthquake

Local date	1831 or 1731, BCE

See also

• Mandate of Heaven

Notes

1. "current text" (今本 jīnběn), Bamboo Annals, Records of xia (夏記), "in the seventh reign (of king fa), king died and (there was) an earth quake in mount tai" (七年 陟。泰山震。).

References

1. 王恆偉 (2005). 中國歷史講堂 #1 遠古至春秋. 中華書局. p. 26. ISBN 978-962-8885-24-4.
2. 吳階平, 喻滄, 季羨林 (2002). 世紀中國學術大典: 測繪學, 大氣科學, 固體地球物理學, 應用地球物理學, 海洋科學. 福建教育出版社. p. 41. ISBN 978-7-5334-3446-5.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
3. Melton, J. Gordon (2014). Faiths Across Time: 5,000 Years of Religious History. ABC-CLIO. p. 45. ISBN 978-1-61069-026-3.