An aerial view shows damaged buildings following the earthquake in Jishishan county, Gansu province, China December 20, 2023, in this screengrab taken from a video. | Photo Credit: Reuters 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 … Read more
Rescue workers conduct search and rescue operations at Kangdiao village following the earthquake in Jishishan county, Gansu province, China December 19, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters Surrounded by destruction, survivors of an earthquake mourned the dead and endured a frigid cold in temporary shelters Wednesday, unsure how to rebuild their lives in the remote mountains … Read more
Rescue work in China after a devastating earthquake is drawing to an end and the focus of authorities has shifted to post-disaster management in the affected region including the treatment of injured and resettlement of displaced people, The Global Times reported on Wednesday. The devastating Jishishan earthquake that rattled Northwest China overnight has led to … Read more
At least 111 people were killed in a magnitude 6.2 earthquake in a mountainous region in northwestern China, the country’s state media reported on Tuesday. The official Xinhua News Agency said that 100 people died in the province of Gansu and another 11 in the neighboring province of Qinghai in the quake, which occurred just … Read more
An earthquake jolted residents of an eastern Chinese city early on Sunday, but there were no immediate reports of injuries. 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 U.S. Geological Survey … Read more
A 6.1-magnitude earthquake rattled the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan on Wednesday, the China Earthquake Networks Centre (CENC) said. No casualties have been reported so far. The earthquake struck Lushan county of Ya’an City at 5:00 pm local time. The epicentre, with a depth of 17 km, was monitored at 30.37 degrees north latitude and … Read more