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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. [16] In 1936, a M s 6.8 earthquake caused significant destruction and deaths in Kangle County, Gansu. [17]
An earthquake in eastern China before dawn Sunday knocked down houses and injured at least 21 people, according to state media, but no deaths were reported. The U.S. Geological Survey put the ...
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 ...
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake hit Pingyuan county in eastern China’s Shandong province early on Sunday morning, injuring 21 people. The earthquake struck at 2:33 a.m. local time with a 10km depth ...
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 ...
An earthquake occurred in the province of Sichuan, China at 14:28:01 China Standard Time on May 12, 2008. Measuring at 8.0 M s [ 5 ] [ 14 ] [ 15 ] (7.9–8.3 M w ), [ 1 ] [ 6 ] the earthquake's epicenter was located 80 kilometres (50 mi) west-northwest of Chengdu , the provincial capital, with a focal depth of 19 km (12 mi). [ 6 ]
2022 Ya'an earthquake2022年芦山县地震. 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 ...