1786 Kangding-Luding earthquake

The 1786 Kangding-Luding earthquake occurs on June 1, 1786 in and around Kangding, in what is now China's Sichuan province.

It has an estimated magnitude of about 7.75 and a maximum perceived intensity of X (Extreme) on the Mercalli intensity scale.

Four-hundred and thirty-five people are killed during the mainshock.

After an aftershock ten days later, a further one hundred thousand died when a landslide dam collapses across the Dadu river.