Blog Tag - Earthquakes

DP Seismic Shunyi: New Study Doubles the Estimated Number of Fault Lines Under Beijing
A new study has discovered the number of fault lines under Beijing is twice the number than previously thought. The scientific paper, published in ...
38 Years Ago Today: The Tangshan Earthquake Kills 242,000, and Why Beijing Could Tremble Again
In the small hours of July 28, 1976, the second-deadliest earthquake in recorded history shook Beijingers out of their beds, as what is now known as...
In Case You Were Also Wondering: How Earthquake Prone is Beijing?
Japan’s devastating tsunami-quake-nuclear crisis may be old news by now, but the alarming number of super-tremblors that have wreaked havoc around...
First Pictures from Qinghai Quake
The first images have emerged of the aftermath of the 7.1-magnitude earthquake that rocked China’s far western province of Qinghai this morning....
Helping Haiti – Fundraising Campaign in Beijing
China is unfortunately all too familiar with the results of horrific earthquakes, but the tragedy in Haiti has overtaken even the 2008 Wenchuan...