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M 5.3 - GANSU-QINGHAI BORDER REG, CHINA - 2017-12-14 18:54:27 UTC
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Magnitude | mb 5.3 | Region | GANSU-QINGHAI BORDER REG, CHINA | Date time | 2017-12-14 18:54:27.6 UTC | Location | 35.10 N ; 102.01 E | Depth | 10 km | Distances | 193 km SW of Lanzhou, China / pop: 3,200,000 / local time: 02:54:27.6 2017-12-15
170 km S of Xining, China / pop: 768,000 / local time: 02:54:27.6 2017-12-15
122 km SW of Linxia, China / pop: 203,000 / local time: 02:54:27.6 2017-12-15
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Source parameters reviewed by a seismologist
References for tectonic plate boundaries:
Coffin, M.F., Gahagan, L.M., and Lawver, L.A., 1998, Present-day Plate Boundary Digital Data Compilation. University of Texas Institute for Geophysics Technical Report No. 174, pp. 5.
Maps view: Seismicity from the previous 7 days in the area . |
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Regional instrumental seismicity



This seismicity maps have been generated by concatenating the ISC catalogue (since 1964), the EMSC Euro-Med Bulletin catalogue and the EMSC Real Time catalogue. Therefore, they show the seismicity from 1964 until the earthquake occurrence.
Regional deadly earthquakes from 1500 to origin time
Date |
Long. |
Lat. |
Mag. |
Death |
Location |
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1440-10-26 | 103.3 | 36.7 | 6.2 | 200 | GANSU, CHINA |
1573-01-10 | 104.0 | 34.4 | 6.8 | many | GANSU, CHINA |
1590-07-07 | 103.9 | 35.4 | 5.5 | many | GANSU, CHINA |
1718-06-19 | 105.2 | 35.0 | 7.5 | 40000 | GANSU-NINGXIA BORDER REG, CHINA |
1765-09-02 | 105.0 | 34.8 | 6.5 | 2068 | GANSU, CHINA |
1819-02-24 | 102.3 | 36.1 | 5.8 | 126 | GANSU-QINGHAI BORDER REG, CHINA |
1837-09-00 | 103.7 | 34.6 | 6.0 | 37 | GANSU, CHINA |
1881-07-20 | 104.6 | 33.6 | 6.5 | 523 | GANSU, CHINA |
1888-11-02 | 104.2 | 37.1 | 6.2 | many | NEI MONGOL-NINGXIA-GANSU, CHINA |
1893-06-01 | 101.8 | 36.6 | 5.5 | many | NORTHERN QINGHAI, CHINA |
1927-05-23 | 102.2 | 37.7 | 8.0 | 35000 | GANSU-QINGHAI BORDER REG, CHINA |
1990-04-26 | 100.3 | 36.0 | 6.9 | 126 | NORTHERN QINGHAI, CHINA |
2003-11-13 | 103.9 | 34.7 | 5.1 | 1 | GANSU, CHINA |
2013-07-21 | 104.2 | 34.5 | 6.0 | 94 | GANSU, CHINA |
2017-08-08 | 104.0 | 33.2 | 6.5 | 29 | GANSU, CHINA |
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