A 5.7-magnitude earthquake jolted Yushu Tibet Autonomous Prefecture in northwest China's Qinghai Province at about 10:29 a.m. Saturday, according to the China Earthquake Networks.
The earthquake's epicenter was calculated at 96.3 degrees east (...)
The death toll has climbed to 2,064 from a devastating earthquake in northwest China's Qinghai Province, with 175 people still missing, the rescue headquarters said Tuesday.
As of 5 p.m. Tuesday, the 7.1-magnitude quake, which struck the Tibetan (...)
President Hu Jintao flew to China's remote and ruined Yushu county to speed relief distribution on Sunday, following an earthquake in the northwest that killed at least 1,706 people.
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Saturday asked (...)
Soldiers from the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) have rescued 1,200 people and treated more than 8,700 injured in the quake zone as of 12:00 a.m. Saturday, according to PLA quake-relief headquarters.
A spokesperson for the PLA (...)
The death toll from Wednesday's earthquake in China's remote and mountainous Yushu county has climbed to 617, even as convoys of trucks carried in supplies and tents on Thursday for survivors braving the cold, according to Reuters.
The death toll (...)
