China Earthquake

Over 100 killed and 300 injured: Why earthquakes in China are so devastating

A 6.2-strong earthquake struck the northwest area of China on Monday, killing over 100 people and injuring hundreds of others. Several buildings have been reduced to rubble and the area is now without electricity and water. Here’s why the country is often plagued with devastating seismic activity

Massive midnight quake leaves more than 110 dead in northwest China

The quake, which was logged as magnitude 5.9 by the US Geological Survey, struck in Gansu near the border with Qinghai, where Haidong is located. That epicenter is about 100 kilometers southwest of Gansu province’s capital, Lanzhou. Several smaller aftershocks followed the initial earthquake

From Turkey to Nepal, the deadliest earthquakes that rocked the world

A 7.8-strong earthquake struck Turkey near the Syrian border early morning, causing major damage, killing over 90 people, with many more feared dead. It evokes memories of other major earthquakes that have shaken countries, and rocked them to their core

Powerful quake of 6.8-magnitude jolts China's Sichuan province

The epicentre is 39 km away from the county seat of Luding and there are several villages within the 5-km range around the epicentre

Four killed, 14 injured as two earthquakes hit southwest China

The mountainous Sichuan province-- a popular tourist destination home to China's giant pandas -- is an earthquake-prone area

At least one person injured and several buildings damaged after 6.4-magnitude earthquake hits China's Xinjiang region

A strong earthquake damaged buildings and injured at least one person seriously in a rural part of China's far west Xinjiang region, the government said Monday

China earthquake: Up to 100 feared dead, lakhs of houses damaged in Sichuan Province

A 6.5-magnitude earthquake rattled southwest China late Tuesday, killing at least five people, with up to 100 feared dead, according to a government estimate.

China earthquake: Magnitude 7.0 tremors hit Sichuan Province, no casualties reported yet

A 7.0-magnitude earthquake on Tuesday rattled Jiuzhaigou County in China's southwestern Sichuan Province, the China Earthquake Networks Center said.

China earthquake: Pranab Mukherjee conveys grief over loss of lives

President Pranab Mukherjee has conveyed his "sincere grief" and "sympathy" over the loss of life and property in the earthquake that jolted China on 3 August.

China earthquake death toll jumps to 589; 2,400 injured

Thousands of troops and hundreds of volunteers have rushed to Ludian to dig out possible survivors from the debris, but landslides and bouts of heavy rains have complicated rescue efforts.