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The earthquake occurred as a result of shallow (10 km depth) strike-slip faulting at the northeastern Tibetan Plateau. It ruptured a fault located near the Qilian Mountains. The geological structure responsible was the Lenglongling Fault, a segment of the Haiyuan Fault System.
Wavin' Flag cover. Young Artists for Haiti was a movement to engage Canada's young musicians to continue to inspire an ongoing effort and contribution to Canadian charities for their work to help the people of Haiti overcome the devastation from the 7.1 magnitude earthquake that rocked the country on January 12, 2010.
The actor will star in TV adverts telling the public they ‘can and must’ help people in Syria and Turkey.
Together with 198 in Qinghai, that brought the total injured close to 1,000. Villagers in Yangwa bundled up against the cold and ate instant noodle soup being served in a tent of translucent green ...
Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief was a charity telethon held on January 22, 2010, from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (January 23, 2010 from 1 a.m. to 3 a.m. UTC). The telethon was the most widely distributed telethon in history. [ 3 ]
BBC News reported the 7.6 magnitude destroyed 55,000 houses and killed 241 people.. There was a recent magnitude 6.8 earthquake in Tibet that killed 126, according to CNN.. This is not the first ...
In history, many earthquakes greater than magnitude 7 have occurred in the Xianshuihe fault zone, [15] for example, the magnitude 7.25 earthquake in the Luhuo area on March 24, 1923, and the M s 7.6 earthquake on February 6, 1973, in Luhuo. [17]
HAIDONG, China (Reuters) -Braving sub-zero cold, rescuers on Wednesday pulled to safety victims of an earthquake that rocked a remote area in China's northwestern Gansu province, while survivors ...