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On January 8, 2022, a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Menyuan County, Qinghai Province near the border with Gansu Province, China. [3] [4] [5] It was the largest earthquake in China since the 2021 Maduo earthquake. [6]
Earthquakes happen most frequently in western China on the Tibetan Plateau or its fringes. ... A magnitude 7.1 earthquake kills 2,698 people in Qinghai province. ... — Sept. 2022: A magnitude 6. ...
This is a list of earthquakes in 2022. Only earthquakes of magnitude 6 or above are included, unless they result in significant damage and/or casualties, or are notable for some other reason. All dates are listed according to UTC time. Maximum intensities are based on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
In September 2022, 93 people were killed in a 6.8 magnitude earthquake that shook China’s southwestern province of Sichuan, triggering landslides and shaking buildings in the provincial capital ...
The China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC) gave a slightly higher reading of 6.2 magnitude. The epicenter is located close to the border between Gansu and Qinghai, a mountainous region on the ...
A Mw 6.7 (Ms 6.8) earthquake struck Luding County in Sichuan province, China on 5 September 2022 at 12:52:19 local time. [3] The epicenter was located 226 km (140 mi) from Chengdu, [4] or 43 km (27 mi) southeast of Kangding. [3] Ninety-three people died, 424 were injured and 24 remained missing.
Within 50 km (30 miles) of the quake epicentre on the edge of Qinghai province, the earthquake affected 22 towns and villages, but of that, two villages suffered the worst damage.
On January 8, 2022, a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Menyuan County, Qinghai Province near the border with Gansu Province, China. [3] [4] [5] It was the largest earthquake in China since the 2021 Maduo earthquake. [6]