Earthquake — China: Gansu Province: Jishishan

When

18 Dec 2023

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

5.9

Where

China

Coordinates

35.74° N, 102.83° E

Deaths

151

Injuries

967

Damage musd

2000

Houses destroyed

15000

Depth km

10

Earthquake in Gansu, China

On 18 December 2023 at around 23:59:30 CST, an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9–6.2 struck Jishishan County, in Gansu Province, China. The shallow thrust faulting earthquake struck a densely populated area on the border between the provinces of Gansu and Qinghai. It caused 151 deaths and 982 injuries to others. This made it China's deadliest earthquake since the 2014 Ludian earthquake.

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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 “2023 Jishishan earthquake: At least 127 people are killed by a magnitude 6.2 earthquake in Gansu and Qinghai”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “au moins 86 personnes sont tuées et 96 autres sont blessées par un séisme de magnitude 5,9 à Jishishan (Gansu) ;”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Землетрясение в Китае в провинциях Ганьсу и Цинхай”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Un terremoto de 6,2 sacude el condado de Jishishan, en la provincia de Gansu, China, dejando un saldo de 151 muertos y 982 heridos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page