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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.
The Clinton Bush Haiti Fund was a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded on January 16, 2010, by former US Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, to aid the victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake.
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.
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 ]
Hundreds of temporary one-room housing units were being set up Thursday in northwest China for survivors of an earthquake that destroyed more than 14,000 homes and killed at least 135 people ...
The death toll from China’s most powerful earthquake in years has risen to 149, with two people still missing after the tremor hit northwestern parts of the country last week. The 6.2-magnitude ...
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]
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 ...