Disaster Prevention on ChinaRoots - Digital Local Chronicleshttps://chinaroots.org/en/tags/disaster-prevention/Recent content in Disaster Prevention on ChinaRoots - Digital Local ChroniclesHugoen-usTue, 14 Apr 2026 07:15:00 +0000Fujian's Millennium of Seismic Change: Insights from the '1604 Quanzhou Earthquake' Archiveshttps://chinaroots.org/en/posts/fujian-earthquake-archives-modern-insights/Tue, 14 Apr 2026 07:15:00 +0000https://chinaroots.org/en/posts/fujian-earthquake-archives-modern-insights/This article mines core archives from the 'Gazetteer of Fujian Province: Earthquake Records' to reconstruct the historical scene of the M7.5 Quanzhou earthquake in 1604. It analyzes Fujian's evolution from 'sand boils and ground fissures' in chronicles to modern digital monitoring. Data reveals 38 destructive M4.7+ earthquakes recorded between 963 and 1998. Keywords: Fujian Seismic History Archives, Quanzhou Overseas Great Earthquake, Digital Disaster Reduction System.