Magnitude 5.8 earthquake strikes in China on 25 Feb-2024
Earthquake in China, At 12:14 p.m. (0414 GMT) on Sunday, a 5.8-magnitude earthquake rocked Akqi County in the northwest Xinjiang province of China. Although there haven’t been any initial reports of damage or injuries as a result of the earthquake, considerable damage seems unlikely.
Additionally On January 23, an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 rocked the border region between Kyrgyzstan and Xinjiang, killing at least three people. To assess for damage, officials may decide to temporarily close the seismic zone’s transportation network.
China earthquake update on 19-Dec-2023
Earthquake in China, The deadliest earthquake to hit China in years claimed over 120 lives. China’s deadliest earthquake in years struck northwest of the country, killing at least 127 people. In some areas of Gansu, the earthquake caused damage to almost 15,000 dwellings.
According to official media reporting on Tuesday, the 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck the mountainous Gansu province at midnight on Monday (16:00 GMT), also trembling neighboring Qinghai.
The U.S. Geological Survey and China Earthquake Networks Center both give the earthquake’s magnitude of 5.9 and 6.2, respectively. Additionally, thirteen people were slain in Haidong, in the neighboring province of Qinghai, according to the state-run Xinhua News Agency.
The Gansu province emergency officials released a request for 300 more workers to inspect all of the collapsed buildings.
China Earthquake on July 28 1976
On July 28, 1976, Tangshan, an industrial city in the north-east of China, witnessed the devastation caused by an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5. The disaster was visited upon Hiroshima with the estimated 242,000 people perishing while the city got littered with tremendous damages leaving the town in the worse state. The Tangshan earthquake is still a memorable wreck in the memory of Chinese people.