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A Mw 6.7 ( Ms 6.8) earthquake struck Luding County in Sichuan province, China on 5 September 2022 at 12:52:19 local time. [3] The epicenter was located 226 km (140 mi) from Chengdu, [4] or 43 km (27 mi) southeast of Kangding. [3] Ninety-three people died, 424 were injured and 24 remained missing.
The China Earthquake Networks Center said the seismic sequence was consistent with a mainshock–aftershock type event. Within 200 km (120 mi) of the earthquake's epicenter, only three earthquakes greater than magnitude 6.0 have occurred. In 1936, a M s 6.8 earthquake caused significant destruction and deaths in Kangle County, Gansu.
This is a List of earthquakes in China, part of the series of lists of disasters in China. Earthquakes in the loess plateau where residents lived in yaodong caves tended to have big casualties, including the 1303 Hongdong and 1920 Haiyuan earthquakes. The most recent earthquake with a death toll of more than a thousand was the 2010 Yushu ...
At least 131 people were killed and hundreds more injured after an earthquake hit northwest China, state media reported Tuesday, as rescue teams scrambled to reach survivors in sub-zero temperatures.
The death toll from China’s most powerful earthquake in years has risen to 149, with two people still missing after the tremor hit northwestern parts of the country last week. The 6.2-magnitude ...
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 ...
BEIJING (Reuters) -A magnitude-6.2 earthquake struck one of China's poorest regions just before midnight on Monday, killing at least 126 people, injuring hundreds and bringing down mud houses in ...
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 .