TOKYO, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) — The death toll has jumped to 161 in the central Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa as of 9 a.m. local time on Monday, after a series of earthquakes of up to 7.6 magnitude struck
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China\’s Gansu ends second-highest earthquake response
JISHISHAN, Gansu Province, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) — From Friday, northwest China\’s Gansu Province will terminate the level-II emergency response to a 6.2-magnitude earthquake in Jishishan county.
The Gansu
12th graders in China\’s quake-hit county to move to another school
JISHISHAN, Gansu Province, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) — All 12th graders in the quake-hit Jishishan county in northwest China\’s Gansu Province will be relocated to another school more than 40 kilometers away f
Chinese premier visits quake-hit areas, inspects post-disaster reconstruction, resettlement
Chinese premier Li Qiang, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, talks with people affected by an earthquake in Chenjia Vill
Macao donates to quake-hit region in NW China
MACAO, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) — Various walks of society in China\’s Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) has donated actively to the earthquake-hit region in northwest China\’s Gansu Province.
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Mental health experts offer psychological counseling to quake-affected people in Gansu
A mental health expert of a psychological counseling team plays a game with a child at a temporary relocation site in Yangwa Village of Jishishan County, northwest China\’s Gansu Province, Dec. 21, 202
Yellow River hydropower stations not impacted by NW China quake
XINING, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) — The powerful earthquake that jolted northwest China had no significant impact on several large hydropower stations in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, according to St
CPC organizations, members urged to fulfill duties in disaster response, earthquake relief work
BEIJING, Dec. 20 (Xinhua) — The Organization Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee has issued a circular calling on primary-level CPC organizations and CPC members to ful
Earthquake death toll in China\’s Qinghai rises to 22
XINING, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) — The 6.2-magnitude earthquake that jolted northwest China at midnight Monday has killed 22 people in Qinghai Province, local authorities said.
China\’s Wing Loong UAV swiftly joins Gansu earthquake rescue
BEIJING, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) — China\’s independently-developed Wing Loong-2H large unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has swiftly rushed to support emergency rescue work after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake that