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Powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake strikes western China causing widespread damage
The Independent via Yahoo News· 5 months agoA powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck the Kyrgyzstan-China border region during the early hours...
China earthquake death toll rises to 149, two still missing after a week
Reuters via Yahoo News· 5 months agoOne of China's most powerful earthquakes in recent years killed at least 149 people in a remote...
7.1 magnitude earthquake rattles part of western China, injuring 6 people and collapsing 47 homes
Associated Press via AOL· 5 months agoA magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck a sparsely populated part of China’s western Xinjiang region early...
Final bodies found after China's most serious earthquake in a decade
Reuters via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe bodies of the two remaining people missing in the aftermath of China's most serious earthquake...
Strong earthquake in northwest China that killed at least 148 causes economic losses worth millions
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe strong earthquake that hit northwest China this week, killing at least 148 people, caused...
China has started erecting temporary housing units after an earthquake destroyed 14,000 homes
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 6 months agoHundreds of temporary one-room housing units were set up Thursday in northwest China for survivors...
Tectonic plates that are causing the Himalayas to grow may also be splitting Tibet in two, study...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates' collision is growing the Himalayan mountains, but...
Death toll from China earthquake rises to 149, with 2 still missing
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe death toll from China’s most powerful earthquake in years has risen to 149, with two people...
Earthquake of magnitude 5.5 strikes Tibet, says GFZ
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 months ago(Reuters) -An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 struck Tibet in western China on Saturday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), said ...
The 20 largest recorded earthquakes in history
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Great East Japan Earthquake in Iwate. Here we see the remains of a house amongst a lot of rubble after an earthquake. As the world's tectonic plates...