In 2023, an earthquake of magnitude 6.2 shook Gansu province and the neighboring Qinghai region. Gansu province is considered an earthquake-prone area, as it is located on the northern edges of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Beijing - Reuters. The China Earthquake Networks Center announced that on Monday, an earthquake of magnitude 5.5 occurred in western Gansu province, near the rural county of Tiuu. The center also reported that the earthquake occurred at 2:56 PM local time at a depth of 10 kilometers. This earthquake, the strongest since 2014, killed more than 150 people.
