M6.7 earthquake 93 km SSW of Luocheng, China
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck 93 km SSW of Luocheng, China on Mon, Apr 27, 1936, 7:59 AM GMT+8 (23:59 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M6.8 92 km SSW of Luocheng, China. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.7 (mw), strong
- Local time
- UTC
- 1936-04-26 23:59:10 UTC
- Depth
- 15.0 km (9.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 28.610° N, 103.658° E
- Region
- China
- Strongest shaking
- VII, very strong shaking
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Deaths and damage
From NOAA NCEI’s Significant Earthquake Database (record 3573), matched to this event by time and place.
- Deaths
- Many (about 101 to 1,000)
- Damage
- Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)
- Houses destroyed
- Many (101 to 1,000)
Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Strongest estimated
- VII, very strong shaking
- Peak ground acceleration
- 30.1% of gravity
- Peak ground velocity
- 3.6 cm/s
- Map
- Automatic
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.32
- Depth from
- From location
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 3.7 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.993 km SW of Luocheng, China · 33028 days ago · 15 km deep · 25 km away
- 5.856 km SW of Leshan, China · 33028 days ago · 15 km deep · 81 km away
- 5.880 km SSW of Luocheng, China · 33027 days ago · 15 km deep · 13 km away
- 5.982 km SSW of Luocheng, China · 33017 days ago · 15 km deep · 14 km away
- 5.874 km SSW of Luocheng, China · 33009 days ago · 15 km deep · 22 km away
- 6.892 km SSW of Luocheng, China · 33009 days ago · 15 km deep · 1 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event iscgem903587. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:32 AM UTC.