However , this article relates specifically to the uprising Change_of_leadership by members of the Muslim Hui and other Muslim ethnic groups in China 's Shaanxi , Gansu and Ningxia provinces , as well as in Xinjiang , between 1862 and 1877 .

The conflict Hostile_encounter led to Causation a recorded Recording 20.77 million population reduction Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale in Shaanxi and Gansu occurred Presence due Causation to migration and war-related death Death .

700,000 to 800,000 Hui in Shaanxi who were deported Removing to Gansu were massacred Killing along the way to Gansu by the militia carrying out Military_operation the deportations Removing until only a few thousand of them remained Temporary_stay alive .

700,000 to 800,000 Hui in Shaanxi who were deported Removing to Gansu were massacred Killing along the way to Gansu by the militia carrying out Military_operation the deportations Removing until only a few thousand of them remained Temporary_stay alive .

Many of them also died Death from thirst Catastrophe and starvation Catastrophe on the journey Self_motion to Gansu .

According to post-war consensus , 74.5 % population reduction Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale was reported Reporting in Gansu , and 44.7 % in Shaanxi .

The uprising Change_of_leadership occurred Presence on the western bank of the Yellow River in Shaanxi , Gansu and Ningxia , but excluded Preventing_or_letting Xinjiang Province .

The 2010 Gansu mudslide Catastrophe was a deadly mudslide Catastrophe in Zhouqu County , Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture , China that occurred Coming_to_be at 12 midnight on 8 August 2010 .

It was caused Causation by heavy rainfall and flooding Catastrophe in Gansu Province .

On 22 July 2013 , a series of earthquakes Catastrophe occurred Coming_to_be in Dingxi , Gansu .

The earthquakes Catastrophe were also felt Perception_active in the nearby cities of Tianshui and Lanzhou in Gansu , as well as Xi'an , Baoji , and Xianyang in neighbouring Shaanxi .