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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.
Approximately 15 million people lived in the affected area. It was the deadliest earthquake to hit China since the 1976 Tangshan earthquake, which killed at least 242,000 people, and the strongest in the country since the 1950 Assam–Tibet earthquake, which registered at 8.6 M w. [25] It is the 18th deadliest earthquake of all time.
2023 Jishishan earthquake. / 35.743; 102.827. On 18 December 2023 at around 23:59:30 CST, an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9–6.2 struck Jishishan County, in Gansu Province, China. [2] The shallow thrust faulting earthquake struck a densely populated area on the border between the provinces of Gansu and Qinghai.
On May 21, 2021, a 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck the Dali City, Yunnan, China, at a depth of 10.0 km. [9] Three people died during the quake, while another 32 were injured. [7] [8] The earthquake was referred by the Chinese media as the 5.21 earthquake or 2021 Yangbi earthquake .
Hundreds of injured survivors are stranded in -15C conditions after 6.2-magnitude earthquake
The 2021 Maduo earthquake, also known as the 5.22 earthquake struck Madoi County in Qinghai Province, China on 22 May at 02:04 local time. The earthquake had a moment magnitude and surface-wave magnitude of 7.4. Highway bridges, roads and walls collapsed as a result of the earthquake.
A strong overnight earthquake rattled a mountainous region of northwestern China, authorities said Tuesday, reducing homes to rubble, leaving residents outside in a below-freezing winter night and ...
The 1976 Tangshan earthquake ( Chinese: 唐山大地震; pinyin: Tángshān dà dìzhèn; lit. 'Great Tangshan earthquake [ b] ') was a Mw 7.6 earthquake that hit the region around Tangshan, Hebei, China, at 3:42 a.m. on 28 July 1976. The maximum intensity of the earthquake was XI ( Extreme) on the Mercalli scale. In minutes, 85 percent of the ...