An M7.0 earthquake struck Baqen County in China’s Xizang Autonomous Region at 22:33 LT (14:33 UTC) on October 22, 2026, killing at least 16 people and injuring 76, according to the latest Nagqu municipal assessment. Authorities said homes belonging to 339 households had collapsed or been damaged, while 12 489 residents had been relocated by 10:00 LT on October 23.
A strong M7.0 earthquake registered by the USGS hit the Xizang-Qinghai border region, China, at 14:33 UTC on October 22, 2026. The USGS is reporting a depth of 18 km (11.2 miles). EMSC is reporting M7.0 at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles).
Late-season heat affected southern China from September 25 into early October 2026, with official reports placing temperatures at 39.5°C (103.1°F) in Qiaojia, Yunnan, 39.1°C (102.4°F) in Yongding, Fujian, and 38.0°C (100.4°F) in Guangxin, Jiangxi. An independent analysis of station data identified 62 October maximum-temperature records on October 1 and another 18 on October 2, although Chinese meteorological authorities have not published an equivalent record count.
Search operations continued in Suichuan County, Jiangxi Province, China, on September 7, 2026 after landslides left four people dead and 10 missing in Mingkeng and Yangfen villages. Crews reopened approximately 600 m (1 970 feet) of access road to the main disaster site late on September 6, while cracks on another slope prompted the precautionary evacuation of 169 residents from Heping Village.
Multiple people were missing, and more than 100 houses had collapsed in Huating Town, Putian, after Typhoon Saudel brought heavy rain and severe flooding across Fujian on September 3, 2026. Authorities had evacuated 83 700 people from risk areas, while NMC recorded local rainfall totals reaching 565.5 mm (22.26 inches) in some areas. Fifty rivers in Fujian exceeded warning levels at 74 hydrological stations between September 3 and 4.
A landslide struck a railway construction site in Nandan County, Hechi City, Guangxi, China, at about 11:26 LT (03:26 UTC) on August 17, 2026, burying five workers. All five were confirmed dead after search operations ended on August 19.
Heavy rain triggered two geological disasters in Sichuan Province, China, between August 18 and 19, 2026, disrupting National Highway G350 and prompting the pre-emptive evacuation of 21 784 people from risk areas across 64 counties. In a separate rain-related structural accident in Changning County on August 18, a rooftop parapet wall collapsed during a university-admission banquet, killing 5 people and injuring 17.
Five stations break station-history daily rainfall records in in Zhejiang and Shanghai, following Typhoon Dolphin’s double landfall on August 9, 2026. Localized rainfall totals in parts of Taizhou exceeded 700 mm (28 inches) between August 8 and early August 10.Meanwhile, The Ministry of Emergency Management activated a Level IV national emergency response for geological disasters in Hebei, Henan and Hubei on August 10.
Typhoon Dolphin re-intensified while passing close to northwestern Okinawa on August 7, 2026, leaving at least five people injured, five homes partially damaged and 16 920 households without power. China’s National Meteorological Center (NMC) said the typhoon could strengthen further before making landfall between Zhejiang and northern Fujian from the afternoon of August 9 to the morning of August 10, with eastern Zhejiang potentially receiving more than 600 mm (23.6 inches) of rain through August 10.
At least 10 people were killed and 23 others injured after rain-triggered flash floods swept through the Shuangshimen Scenic Area in Weiyuan County, Dingxi City, Gansu Province, northwest China, on Sunday, July 26, 2026. Sudden heavy rainfall in the area generated powerful mountain torrents through a narrow valley during the afternoon, prompting hundreds of rescues in the area.
