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Beijing, July 30 (IANS) Following a massive 8.7-magnitude earthquake that struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, fresh ...
Two million people are told to evacuate in Japan after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake, one of the strongest ever, hits Russia's ...
An earthquake of magnitude 8.8 - one of the world's strongest-struck Russia's Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula early on ...
An earthquake that killed more than 120 people in China this week was the country's deadliest in nearly a decade. Earthquakes happen most frequently in western China on the Tibetan Plateau or its ...
An overnight earthquake killed at least 118 people in a cold and mountainous region in northwestern China, provincial officials said Tuesday, in the nation’s deadliest quake in 10 years.
The China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC) gave a slightly higher reading of 6.2 magnitude. The epicenter is located close to the border between Gansu and Qinghai, a mountainous region on the ...
Officials say a magnitude 7.1 earthquake in a remote part of China’s western Xinjiang region has killed at least three people and caused extensive damage in freezing weather. Credit: AP/Ng Han Guan ...
A moderately strong, 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck in northwestern China on Monday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor happened at 11:59 p.m. China time, data from the ...
A version of this article appears in print on Dec. 20, 2023, Section A, Page 4 of the New York edition with the headline: Survivors Face Subzero Cold After Earthquake Kills Over 120 in Rural China.
The earthquake struck at a relatively shallow depth of 6 miles in Gansu’s Jishishan county, about three miles from the provincial boundary with Qinghai, the China Earthquake Networks Center said.
Earthquakes are fairly common in China, especially in the country's seismically active southwest. An 8.0-magnitude quake in 2008 in Sichuan's Wenchuan county left tens of thousands dead and caused ...
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