According to the records, since 1980s, the earthquake activity in Jiangxi Province has been active. The Longnan M5.0 earthquake of 1982 and the Xunwu M5.5, 5.2 and 5.0 earthquake of 1987 occurred in Ganzhou successively.
Since 2003, there have been earthquakes of magnitude 4.2 in Huichang and magnitude 3.5 in Xunwu, magnitude 3.2 in Nanchang and magnitude 4. 1 in other places, especially the Jiujiang-Ruichang earthquake of magnitude 5.7 in 2005, which caused heavy casualties and economic losses.
18 June15 June 14: 58, a 2.6-magnitude earthquake occurred in Xunwu County, Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province (24.77 degrees north latitude, 1 15.70 degrees east longitude) with a focal depth of 5 kilometers. The epicenter was 20 kilometers away from Xunwu County and 65,438 degrees away from Ganzhou City.
As of June 5, 2006, 18, 17, according to the investigation of Xunwu County Earthquake Disaster Reduction Bureau, no one was injured or houses were damaged in some areas of nanqiao town near the epicenter.