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The earthquake, which has killed at least 126 people, is one of China's deadliest in recent years. Hundreds rescued as search for quake survivors continues in Tibet Skip to main content
A 6.2 magnitude earthquake that struck Gansu in December killed 151 people and was China's deadliest quake in nine years. An earthquake that hit Sichuan in 2008 killed nearly 90,000 people.
In 2008, an 8.0 magnitude earthquake hit Sichuan, claiming the lives of at least 70,000 people, the deadliest quake to hit China since the 1976 Tangshan quake that killed at least 242,000.
The China Earthquake Networks Centre located the epicentre at Tingri county, known as the northern gateway to the Everest region, at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). The U.S. Geological Service put ...
Earthquakes with a magnitude 4.5 and over (1900–2015). The yellow star is the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. This is a list of earthquakes in China, part of the series of lists of disasters in China. Earthquakes in the loess plateau where residents lived in yaodong caves tended to have big casualties, including the 1303 Hongdong and 1920 Haiyuan ...
The China Earthquake Networks Center gave the earthquake a magnitude of M s 7.1, [4] while the United States Geological Survey said the earthquake measured M ww 7.0. [3] It struck at 02:09 CST (18:09 UTC) [5] at a depth of 13 kilometers (8.1 miles). [3] The epicenter was located in a mountainous area with an average altitude of about 3,048 ...
Hundreds of injured survivors are stranded in -15C conditions after 6.2-magnitude earthquake China earthquake – live: At least 126 dead as ‘golden window’ for survival shrunk by freezing ...
The China Earthquake Networks Center said the seismic sequence was consistent with a mainshock–aftershock type event. Within 200 km (120 mi) of the earthquake's epicenter, only three earthquakes greater than magnitude 6.0 have occurred. [15] In 1936, a M s 6.8 earthquake caused significant destruction and deaths in Kangle County, Gansu. [16]