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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.
2023 Jishishan earthquake. / 35.743; 102.827. On 18 December 2023 at around 23:59:30 CST, an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9–6.2 struck Jishishan County, in Gansu Province, China. [2] The shallow thrust faulting earthquake struck a densely populated area on the border between the provinces of Gansu and Qinghai.
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 ...
BEIJING (Reuters) -A magnitude-6.2 earthquake struck one of China's poorest regions just before midnight on Monday, killing at least 126 people, injuring hundreds and bringing down mud houses in ...
A strong overnight earthquake rattled a mountainous region of northwestern China, authorities said Tuesday, reducing homes to rubble, leaving residents outside in a below-freezing winter night and ...
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.
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 ...