A 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit China’s southwestern Sichuan province on Monday, leaving at least 66 people dead. Another 250 were injured and 15 still missing as of Tuesday evening, with more ...

BEIJING -- A 5.3-magnitude earthquake jolted Kizilsu Kirgiz autonomous prefecture in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region at 6:23 am Thursday (Beijing Time), according to the China ...

In recent years, China's efforts in natural forest conservation, protection of wildlife and plants, and the establishment of ...

Earthquakes give little warning but cause widespread devastation and death in a matter of minutes. Certain places are quite ...

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The earthquake with a magnitude 5.9 struck the town of Kale in Malatya province, according to the government-run Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency. It was felt in the cities of Diyarbakir, ...

In July, China successfully completed its National Earthquake Early Warning Project through the deployment of 15,899 monitoring stations across the country, unveiling the world's largest ...

No casualties have been reported after a 4.7-magnitude earthquake on Wednesday jolted Hefei, the capital city of east China's Anhui Province, according to local authorities. The earthquake struck ...

According to a 2020 report from the World Bank, China used to provide compensation for disaster losses via government aid and charitable donations, with a very limited role for insurers. However, the ...

A magnitude 3 earthquake occurred just north of Malibu Saturday afternoon, the latest in a cluster of temblors reported over the last week and a half. The latest earthquake occurred at 2:15 p.m ...

In the U.S., 45 states and territories are at moderate to very high risk of earthquakes. Globally, 81% of earthquakes occur along the world's earthquake belt, the circum-Pacific seismic belt, found ...