Based on the statistics of the earthquake catalogue of magnitude 5.0 and above in China in 2021 and 2022,and in combination with the earthquake disaster assessment reports and relevant data of the Ministry of Emergency Management of the People's Republic of China and the Seismological Bureau of the relevant province(autonomous region,municipality directly under the central government),we summarized and analyzed the situation and characteristics of earthquake disasters,major earthquake disaster events and their characteristics in Chinese mainland. The earthquake disaster events and situations were classified by provinces,and the characteristics of the earthquake disasters in each province were summarized as follows:Many moderate earthquakes but few strong earthquakes occurred in Yunnan Province,which is of high seismic resistance of buildings in earthquake areas,and small casualties. In contrast,fewer moderate but relatively more strong earthquakes occurred in Sichuan Province,with relatively high secondary disasters,causing serious casualties. On the other hand,because of widely and sparsely populated with high seismic fortification levels for buildings in Qinghai Province,even with a high magnitude,strong destructiveness,and a wide range of disasters,the casualties caused by earthquake is relatively low. Finally,combined with the historical earthquake damage statistics,this paper analyzed and compared the characteristics of earthquake disaster in mainland China in the past two years.