Qinghai Provence, China Earthquake, 18th December 2023
This is the magnitude 5.9 earthquake in north-central China earthquake from December 18th 2023 . The earthquake struck in the Gansu-Qinghai border region which is in north-central China. The Gansu province is within an intraplate region, but situated on the north-eastern margin of the tectonically active Tibetan Plateau. Seismicity in the Tibetan Plateau largely results from the continental collision of the India and Eurasia plates. The earthquake occurred on either a north-striking, steeply dipping, reverse fault or a south-southeast striking, shallowing-dipping, reverse fault. Thousands have been injured and more than 120 fatalities.
This figure shows the M5.9 earthquake recorded by a citizen Raspberry Shake seismometer Station R379E located nearly 8,000km away from the earthquake.