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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. [2] 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.
At least 131 people were killed and hundreds more injured after an earthquake hit northwest China, state media reported Tuesday, as rescue teams scrambled to reach survivors in sub-zero temperatures.
The earthquake struck at a relatively shallow depth of 10 kilometers (6 miles) in Gansu’s Jishishan county, about 5 kilometers (3 miles) from the provincial boundary with Qinghai, the China ...
The magnitude 6.2 earthquake jolted Jishishan county near the border straddling Gansu and Qinghai provinces a minute before midnight on Monday, sending frightened residents out of homes into the ...
The earthquake was the largest in China since the Maduo earthquake in May 2021 and the deadliest since the Jishishan earthquake in December 2023. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] It was caused by normal faulting and originated within the continental crust at 10 km (6.2 mi) depth.
2023 Jishishan earthquake: At least 127 people are killed by a magnitude 6.2 earthquake in Gansu and Qinghai. Over 700 others are injured. [35] [36] It is China's deadliest earthquake in years. [37] 20 December – Twelve people are killed and 13 others injured when a mining cart runs off the tracks in Jixi, Heilongjiang. [38]
Primary schools in Jishishan county in Gansu resumed classes in tents on Monday, state media reported. ... The country’s deadliest earthquake in recent years was a 7.9-magnitude tremor in 2008 ...
Up to 66,900 people died from earthquakes in 2023, the highest death toll for earthquakes since 2010. At least 59,488 people died in the Turkey–Syria doublets of February, which dominated world headlines because of its extensive devastation; the first mainshock was also the largest earthquake of the year at M w 7.8.