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The magnitude 5.5 quake occurred near the city of Dezhou, about 300 kilometers (185 miles) south of Beijing, the Chinese capital, at 2:33 a.m., according to the China Earthquake Networks Center.
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 ...
The most recent earthquake with a death toll of more than a thousand was the 2010 Yushu earthquake, which killed 2,968. The collision of India with the rest of Asia has led to seismic activity throughout Western China , particularly in Tibet and the Yunnan , Xinjiang , Sichuan , Gansu and Qinghai provinces.
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 the winter of 1556, an earthquake catastrophe occurred in the Shaanxi and Shanxi Provinces. In our Hua County, various misfortunes took place. Mountains and rivers changed places and roads were destroyed. In some places, the ground suddenly rose up and formed new hills, or it sank abruptly and became new valleys.
Min Yiren, Director. Parent agency. State Council. Website. www .cea .gov .cn. The China Earthquake Administration ( CEA; 中国地震局) is a public institution managed by the State Council at the deputy ministerial level in charge of national earthquake disaster reduction work. It is currently managed by the Ministry of Emergency Management.
A 5.4-magnitude earthquake struck eastern China before dawn on Sunday, 6 August, knocking down houses and injuring at least 10 people according to state media. The quake, the magnitude of which ...
The 2014 Ludian earthquake struck Ludian County, Yunnan, China, with a moment magnitude of 6.1 on 3 August. [10] The earthquake killed at least 617 people, injuring at least 2,400 others. [11] [12] As of 5 August 2014, 112 people remain missing. [13] Over 12,000 houses collapsed and 30,000 were damaged. [14]