March 27, 1967 Earthquake: Hejian, Dacheng, Hebei Province, China
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Hejian, Dacheng, Hebei Province, China on March 27, 1967 at 08:58:20 UTC, 30 km below the surface.
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Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- March 27, 1967
- Time
- 08:58:20 UTC
- Place
- Hejian, Dacheng, Hebei Province, China
- Magnitude
- 6.3 (Ms)
- Focal depth
- 30 km (19 mi)
- Intensity
- 7 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 38.500° N, 116.500° E
- Country
- China
The toll
- Damage
- Severe (about $5 to $25 million)
- Houses destroyed
- 53,886
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.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
March 27, 1967, 16:58:20 UTC, Hejian and Dacheng, Hebei Province, 38.5 N, 116.5 E, magnitude 6.3, intensity VII, depth 30 km. Hejian: 56,816 rooms were damaged in the whole
county, in which 2,390 collapsed and 53,886
were destroyed. (reference #3939)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- July 27, 1976, Tangshan, NE, China
- 1057, Beijing, China
- September 2, 1679, Hebei Province, China
- August 1289, Beijing, China
- March 7, 1966, Hebei Province, China
- September 30, 1730, Beijing, China
- 777, Shulu, Ningjin, Hebei Province, China
- December 2, 1882, Hebei Province, China
- August 14, 1068, Cangzhou, Hejian, Hebei Province, China
- September 18, 1704, Dongguang, Cangxian, Hebei Province, China
- March 1621, Hebei Province, China
- February 3, 1658, Hebei Province, China
- March 26, 1966, Hebei Province, China
- August 5, 2023, Pingyuan, Shangdong Province, China
- December 2, 1967, Shulu, Hebei Province, China
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Sources
Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 7973.