BEIJING -- A 5.1-magnitude earthquake jolted Tainan city of China's Taiwan at 7:38 am Sunday (Beijing Time), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The epicenter was monitored 23.17 ...

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BEIJING (AP) — A strong earthquake has shaken a high-altitude region of western China and areas of Nepal. Tuesday's quake damaged hundreds of houses, littered streets with rubble and killed at ...

Chinese authorities in Tibet have detected problems, including cracks, at five out of 14 hydropower dams that they have inspected since a magnitude 6.8 earthquake rocked the southwest region last week ...

LHASA -- A total of 3,614 aftershocks had been detected as of 8 am Tuesday since the 6.8-magnitude earthquake which jolted Dingri county in Southwest China's Xizang autonomous region last week, ...

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BEIJING (Reuters) - At least 126 people were killed in Tibet by this week's earthquake of magnitude 6.8, the fifth-deadliest since 2008, data from China's National Earthquake Data Center shows.