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In September 2022, 93 people were killed in a 6.8 magnitude earthquake that shook China’s southwestern province of Sichuan, triggering landslides and shaking buildings in the provincial capital ...
The 1556 Shaanxi earthquake ( Postal romanization: Shensi ), known in Chinese colloquially by its regnal year as the Jiajing Great Earthquake " 嘉靖大地震 " ( Jiājìng Dàdìzhèn) or officially by its epicenter as the Hua County Earthquake " 华县地震 " ( Huàxiàn Dìzhèn ), occurred in the early morning of 23 January 1556 in ...
Throughout China, poor building codes increases the damage and loss of life from earthquakes. The northern regions of Eastern China are not as seismically active as the western areas of the country, but earthquakes are still possible in this area. Earthquake prediction was popular between 1966 and 1976, which overlapped with the Cultural ...
2024 Hyūga-nada earthquake. A 7.1-magnitude earthquake strikes off the coast of Kyushu, Japan. A tsunami advisory is issued for parts of the islands of Kyushu and Shikoku. (The Japan Times) Politics and elections. 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement. Non-cooperation movement. Muhammad Yunus returns to Bangladesh to lead the country's interim ...
July 9, 2024 at 12:54 PM. TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus is hosting Chinese troops for a joint military drill near its border with NATO member Poland, officials said Tuesday, the first such ...
Updated April 4, 2024 at 3:27 AM. The powerful earthquake in Taiwan on Wednesday shook an island that was well prepared for a seismic catastrophe — likely more so than some regions of the U.S ...
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.
The China Earthquake Networks Center gave the earthquake a magnitude of M s 7.1, while the United States Geological Survey said the earthquake measured M ww 7.0. It struck at 02:09 CST (18:09 UTC) at a depth of 13 kilometers (8.1 miles). The epicenter was located in a mountainous area with an average altitude of about 3,048 meters.