October 27, 2005 Earthquake: Guangxi Province, China
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck Guangxi Province, China on October 27, 2005 at 11:18:57 UTC, 10 km below the surface. It killed 1 person.
Map
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
- October 27, 2005
- Time
- 11:18:57 UTC
- Place
- Guangxi Province, China
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mb)
- Focal depth
- 10 km (6 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 23.604° N, 107.798° E
- Country
- China
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 1
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 million)
- Houses destroyed
- Few (about 1 to 50)
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.
One person killed and one person injured at Bose; several houses damaged at Taiping.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
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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 6825.