January 10, 2007 Earthquake: Gansu Province, China

Date

January 10, 2007

Time

17:18:58 UTC

Place

Gansu Province, China

Magnitude

4.7 (mb)

Focal depth

23 km (14 mi)

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

33.259° N, 104.740° E

Country

China

Damage

Limited (under about $1 million)

Houses destroyed

Some (about 51 to 100)

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.

• June 19, 1718, Gansu Province, ChinaM7.5 · 73,000 deaths · 198 km
• July 1, 1879, Gansu Province, ChinaM8 · 22,000 deaths · 8 km
• July 21, 1654, Tianshui, Gansu Province, ChinaM8 · 10,400 deaths · 135 km
• August 25, 1933, Sichuan Province, ChinaM7.4 · 9,300 deaths · 176 km
• September 2, 1765, Wushan, Gangu, Gansu Province, ChinaM6.5 · 2,068 deaths · 74,748 houses destroyed · 173 km
• February 22, 186 BC, Gansu Province, ChinaM7 · 760 deaths · 100 km
• July 20, 1881, Gansu Province, ChinaM6.5 · 480 deaths · 4,800 houses destroyed · 40 km
• August 1, 1936, Gansu Province, ChinaM6 · 115 deaths · 4,459 houses destroyed · 137 km
• March 19, 734, Tianshui, Gansu Province, ChinaM7 · 101 deaths · 169 km
• July 21, 2013, Dingxi, Min, Gansu, ChinaM6 · 95 deaths · $466 million · 123,000 houses destroyed · 146 km
• January 14, 1885, Gansu Province, ChinaM6 · 80 deaths · 1,001 houses destroyed · 164 km
• September 10, 1837, Gansu Province, ChinaM6 · 37 deaths · 941 houses destroyed · 177 km
• January 1634, Xihe, Gansu Province, ChinaM6 · 30 deaths · 107 km
• August 8, 2017, Aba, Sichuan Province, ChinaM6.5 · 29 deaths · $500 million · 100 houses destroyed · 83 km
• June 18, 1822, Gansu Province, ChinaM5.5 · 12 deaths · 70 houses destroyed · 32 km

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