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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, while the United States Geological Survey said the earthquake measured M ww 7.0. It struck at 02:09 CST (18:09 UTC) at a depth of 13 kilometers (8.1 miles). The epicenter was located in a mountainous area with an average altitude of about 3,048 meters.
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. In 1936, a M s 6.8 earthquake caused significant destruction and deaths in Kangle County, Gansu.
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 ...
One of China's most powerful earthquakes in recent years killed at least 149 people in a remote northwestern region, according to state media, with two people still missing after the magnitude 6.2 ...
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 ...
On June 1, 2022, a moment magnitude (M w ) 5.8 or surface-wave magnitude (M s ) 6.1 earthquake struck Lushan County in Ya'an, Sichuan Province, China. [1] At least four people were killed and 42 were injured. [3] The earthquake had a maximum intensity of VIII on the China seismic intensity scale, causing damage to many homes and triggering ...
China has reopened roads leading to the epicentre of Monday's 6.8 magnitude earthquake in the southwestern province of Sichuan and traffic has resumed, state media reported on Wednesday, while the ...