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The 1927 Gulang earthquake occurred at 06:32 a.m. on 23 May (22:32 UTC on 22 May). This 7.7 magnitude event had an epicenter near Gulang, Gansu in the Republic of China.
This is a list of earthquakes in 1927. Only magnitude 6.0 or greater earthquakes appear on this list. Lower magnitude events are included if they have caused death, injury, or damage. Events which occurred in remote areas will be excluded from the list as they wouldn't have generated significant media interest.
Earthquakes with a magnitude 4.5 and over (1900–2015). The yellow star is the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. This is a List of earthquakes in China, part of the series of lists of disasters in China. Earthquakes in the loess plateau where residents lived in yaodong caves tended to have big casualties, including the 1303 Hongdong and 1920 Haiyuan ...
— May 2008: A magnitude 7.9 earthquake leaves nearly 90,000 people dead or missing and presumed dead in Sichuan province. — April 2010: A magnitude 7.1 earthquake kills 2,698 people in Qinghai ...
The China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC) gave a slightly higher reading of 6.2 magnitude. The epicenter is located close to the border between Gansu and Qinghai, a mountainous region on the ...
Within 50 km (30 miles) of the quake epicentre on the edge of Qinghai province, the earthquake affected 22 towns and villages, but of that, two villages suffered the worst damage.
1927 Gulang earthquake; 1932 Changma earthquake; 2013 Dingxi earthquakes; 2022 Qinghai earthquake; J. 2023 Jishishan earthquake; T. 1718 Tongwei–Gansu earthquake
A magnitude 7.7 quake struck Gansu Province on the morning of May 22, 1927, the earthquake occurred on a different segment from the one involved in the 1920 quake. This earthquake caused the deaths of more than 40,000 people, and 200,000 livestock. [2]