Earthquake — China: Gansu Province

When

22 May 1927

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

7.7

Where

China

Coordinates

37.67° N, 102.49° E

Deaths

40912

Injuries

524

Houses destroyed

26674

Intensity mmi

11

Depth km

15

1927 severe earthquake centered near Gulang, Gansu Province, China

The 1927 Gulang earthquake occurred at 06:32 a.m. on 23 May. This 7.7 magnitude event had an epicenter near Gulang, Gansu in the Republic of China. There were 40,912 deaths. It was felt up to 700 km (435 mi) away.

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• NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The 7.6 Gulang earthquake affects Gansu in northwest China with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), leaving over 40,000 dead”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en la montañosa provincia de Gansu (China), a 1300 kilómetros al oeste de Pekín, se registra un terremoto de 7,6, que deja un saldo de 40.900 víctimas”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “中国甘肃古浪县发生了7.6级大地震，死亡4万余人。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page