Earth Watch Report - Earthquakes
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| Description |
| A
strong, shallow earthquake struck a moderately populated part of
western China on Monday morning, and state media reported at least three
deaths. The quake hit near the city of Dingxi in Gansu province, a
largely desert and pastureland region with a population of 26 million.
That makes it one of China's more lightly populated provinces, although
the Dingxi area has a greater concentration of farms and towns with a
total population of about 2.7 million. The three deaths were reported in
Min County in the rural southern part of Dingxi municipality, the
Xinhua News Agency reported. The government's earthquake monitoring
center said the magnitude was 6.6, which can cause severe damage. More
quakes were detected during the morning, including a magnitude-5.6. It
said the initial quake at 7:45 a.m. hit about 12.4 miles beneath the
surface, although the Gansu provincial earthquake administration said
the quake was at an even shallow depth of just 3.7 miles. Quakes near
the surface tend to be more destructive. The U.S. Geological Survey
measured the magnitude as 5.9 and the depth at 6 miles. Initial
measurements of a quake can vary widely, especially if different
monitoring equipment is used. Dingxi is about 766 miles west of Beijing. |
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| Updated: | Monday, 22 July, 2013 at 04:23 UTC |
| Description |
| A
strong earthquake struck a rural part of western China on Monday
morning, killing at least 20 people and injuring 296, according to the
local government. The quake hit near the city of Dingxi in Gansu
province, a region of mountains, desert and pastureland with a
population of 26 million. That makes it one of China’s more lightly
populated provinces, although the Dingxi area has a greater
concentration of farms and towns with a total population of about 2.7
million. The deaths and injuries were reported in Min County and other
rural southern parts of Dingxi municipality, the provincial government
said in a statement posted on its official microblog. Residents
described shaking windows and swinging lights but little major damage
and little panic. Shaking was felt in the provincial capital of Lanzhou
177 kilometres north, and as far away as Xi’an, 400 kilometres to the
east. “You could see the chandeliers wobble and the windows vibrating
and making noise, but there aren’t any cracks in the walls. Shop
assistants all poured out onto the streets when the shaking began,” said
a front desk clerk at the Wuyang Hotel in the Zhang County seat about
40 kilometres (25 miles) from the epicenter. The clerk surnamed Bao
refrained from identifying herself further, as is common among ordinary
Chinese. The government’s earthquake monitoring centre said the initial
quake at 7:45 a.m. (2345 GMT Sunday) was magnitude-6.6 and subsequent
tremors included a magnitude-5.6. The quake was shallow, which can be
more destructive. The centre said it struck about 20 kilometres beneath
the surface, while the Gansu provincial earthquake administration said
it was just 6 kilometres deep. The U.S. Geological Survey measured the
magnitude of the initial quake as 5.9 and the depth at 10 kilometres.
Initial measurements of an earthquake can vary widely, especially if
different monitoring equipment is used. Dingxi is about 1,233 kilometres
west of Beijing. |
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| Updated: | Monday, 22 July, 2013 at 05:41 UTC |
| Description |
| At
least 22 people have been killed in an earthquake which hit a juncture
region of two counties in northwest China's Gansu Province Monday
morning, according to the provincial civil affairs department. The
victims include 19 in Minxian County, two in Zhangxian County in the
city of Dingxi and one in Lixian County in the city of Longnan,
according to the department. Communication was cut off in 13 towns of
Zhangxian County, it said. The 6.6-magnitude quake happened at 7:45 a.m.
at the junction of the Minxian County and Zhangxian County, the Gansu
Provincial Seismological Bureau said. The epicenter, with a depth of 20
km, was monitored at 34.5 degrees north latitude and 104.2 degrees east
longitude, the China Earthquake Networks Center said. Sources with the
Minxian County government said most of the townships in the county have
been affected by the quake. The townships of Meichuan and Puma were
seriously hit. Many homes in the quake-hit region collapsed, according
to the civil affairs bureau of the Dingxi City. Locals in Minxian County
said a strong tremor was felt and they saw trees and homes shake,
adding that the quake lasted for about one minute. Soldiers, police and
more than 300 local militiamen have been dispatched to the quake-hit
region to help with rescue efforts. The provincial civil affairs
department has sent 500 tents and 2,000 quilts to the quake-hit region.
Lanzhou Railway Bureau has started the emergency response to guarantee
the safety of railway bridges and communication equipment in the
province. Light to moderate rain and partly heavy rain were forecast in
Dingxi city, according to the provincial meteorological station, which
would affect the rescue efforts. Meanwhile, the earthquake was also felt
in Tianshui city and the provincial capital city of Lanzhou. The quake
was also felt in the cities of Xi'an, Baoji and Xianyang in neighboring
Shaanxi Province. |
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| Updated: | Monday, 22 July, 2013 at 06:57 UTC |
| Description |
| Two
strong earthquakes have devastated parts of western China, killing at
least 47 people and injuring 296 with villages cut off from contact. The
US Geological Survey measured the magnitude of the initial quake as 5.9
and the second at 5.6-magnitude in Gansu province. The Chinese
government measured the first quake at 6.6 magnitude. The death toll has
risen to 47, according to the Gansu provincial government, South China
Morning Post reported. At least 296 have been injured. An estimated 380
buildings have collapsed and 5,600 more have been damaged in Zhang
county, the Dingxi government said, Sina Weibo reported. Eight towns in
remote, mountainous areas have been seriously damaged in the earthquake
and subsequent flooding and mudslides, Xinhua News Agency reported.
Power outages and communications were cut off in 13 towns in Zhangxian
county, Xinhua said. The Lanzhou military region has dispatched 1000
soldiers with Gansu Military police sending 500 troops to assist in
rescue efforts, Phoenix News reported. Rescuers are battling to reach
survivors in remote areas. The quake hit near the city of Dingxi in
Gansu province, a region of mountains, desert and pastureland with a
population of 26 million. It is one of China's more lightly populated
provinces, although the Dingxi area has a greater concentration of farms
and towns with a total population of about 2.7 million. Pictures
broadcast on state television showed rural villages with rubble-strewn
streets and houses crumbled. Locals in Minxian county in Gansu province,
said they saw trees and homes shaking, with the quake lasting for about
one minute. Earlier, an official surnamed He from Minxian, said there
were 19 dead and more than 200 injured in seven townships severely hit
by the quakes. The Chinese government measured the first earthquake at
6.6 magnitude The quake hit near the city of Dingxi in Gansu province, a
region of mountains, desert and pastureland with a population of 26
million. That makes it one of China's more lightly populated provinces,
although the Dingxi area has a greater concentration of farms and towns
with a total population of about 2.7 million. Deaths were also reported
in Min County in the rural southern part of Dingxi municipality, the
Xinhua News Agency reported. |
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| Updated: | Monday, 22 July, 2013 at 08:16 UTC |
| Description |
| Two
strong earthquakes have devastated parts of western China, killing at
least 54 people and injuring 337 with villages cut off from contact. The
US Geological Survey measured the magnitude of the initial quake as 5.9
and the second at 5.6-magnitude in Gansu province. The Chinese
government measured the first quake at 6.6 magnitude. The death toll has
risen to 54, according to the Dingxi prefectural-city government, South
China Morning Post reported. At least 337 have been injured. A total of
405 tremors have been registered by 3pm, six of which were above 3.0 on
the Richter scale. An estimated 380 buildings have collapsed and 5,600
more have been damaged in Zhang county, the Dingxi government said, Sina
Weibo reported. Eight towns in remote, mountainous areas have been
seriously damaged in the earthquake and subsequent flooding and
mudslides, Xinhua News Agency reported. Power outages and communications
were cut off in 13 towns in Zhangxian county, Xinhua said. The Lanzhou
military region has dispatched 1000 soldiers with Gansu Military police
sending 500 troops to assist in rescue efforts, Phoenix News reported.
Rescuers are battling to reach survivors in remote areas. The quake hit
near the city of Dingxi in Gansu province, a region of mountains, desert
and pastureland with a population of 26 million. It is one of China's
more lightly populated provinces, although the Dingxi area has a greater
concentration of farms and towns with a total population of about 2.7
million. Pictures broadcast on state television showed rural villages
with rubble-strewn streets and houses crumbled. Locals in Minxian county
in Gansu province, said they saw trees and homes shaking, with the
quake lasting for about one minute. Earlier, an official surnamed He
from Minxian, said there were 19 dead and more than 200 injured in seven
townships severely hit by the quakes. The Chinese government measured
the first earthquake at 6.6 magnitude. |
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| Updated: | Monday, 22 July, 2013 at 10:08 UTC |
| Description |
| A
shallow earthquake struck a dry, hilly farming area in western China
early Monday, killing at least 56 people, injuring more than 400, and
destroying thousands of homes, the local government said. The quake hit
near the city of Dingxi in Gansu province, a hilly region of mountains,
desert and pastureland about 1,233 kilometers (766 miles) west of
Beijing. Residents described shaking windows and swinging lights but
there was relatively little major damage or panic in the city itself.
Tremors were felt in the provincial capital of Lanzhou 177 kilometers
(110 miles) north, and as far away as Xi'an, 400 kilometers (250 miles)
to the east. "You could see the chandeliers wobble and the windows
vibrating and making noise, but there aren't any cracks in the walls.
Shop assistants all poured out onto the streets when the shaking began,"
said a front desk clerk at the Wuyang Hotel in the Zhang County seat
about 40 kilometers (25 miles) from the epicenter. The clerk surnamed
Bao refrained from identifying herself further, as is common among
ordinary Chinese. The government's earthquake monitoring center said the
initial quake at 7:45 a.m. (2345 GMT Sunday) was magnitude-6.6 and
subsequent tremors included a magnitude-5.6. |
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| Updated: | Monday, 22 July, 2013 at 11:38 UTC |
| Description |
| Chinese
officials say two shallow earthquakes in rural northwest China have
killed at least 73 people and injured hundreds of others. The U.S.
Geological Survey said the first quake, with a magnitude of 5.9, hit at
7:45 a.m. near the city of Dingxi in Gansu province. It struck at a
depth of 10 kilometers. A second 5.6 magnitude quake hit the same region
about 90 minutes later at a similar depth. The quakes were followed by
hundreds of aftershocks. Officials say several hundred buildings have
collapsed and thousands of others have been damaged. Electric power has
been lost in much of the region, which is not heavily populated.
Soldiers, police and medical personnel have been sent to the region to
search for more victims and help the survivors. |
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| Updated: | Monday, 22 July, 2013 at 14:38 UTC |
| Description |
| A
strong earthquake that shook an arid, hilly farming area in northwest
China sparked landslides and destroyed or damaged thousands of
brick-and-mud homes Monday, killing at least 75 people and injuring more
than 400, the government said. The quake near the city of Dingxi in
Gansu province toppled brick walls and telephone lines, shattered
mud-and-tile-roofed houses and sent cascades of dirt and rock down
hillsides that blocked roads and slowed rescue efforts by crews trying
to reach remote areas. Hospitals set up aid stations in parking lots to
accommodate large numbers of injured, while hundreds of paramilitary
People's Armed Police fanned out to search for victims in the region of
terraced farmland where the quake struck about 760 miles west of
Beijing. In addition to the 75 confirmed dead, there were 14 people
missing and 459 injured, the central government's China Earthquake
Administration said. |
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| Updated: | Monday, 22 July, 2013 at 16:27 UTC |
| Description |
| Rescuers
rushed to find victims buried by twin shallow earthquakes in northwest
China Monday after the double tremors killed at least 89 people and
injured more than 400, officials said. The government of Dingxi city in
Gansu province, which was hit by quakes with magnitudes of 5.9 and 5.6,
gave the figures on a verified social media account. "More than 21,000
buildings were severely damaged and more than 1,200 have collapsed," an
official at the provincial earthquake bureau told AFP, adding that 371
aftershocks had been recorded. The tremor set off landslides which
buried often crudely constructed local houses, state broadcaster CCTV
reported. Pictures from the scene showed simple buildings reduced to
rubble, with the pieces of corrugated metal scattered over the wreckage.
In one location 12 people were buried, the broadcaster quoted a witness
as saying. "The rescue work is tough, because the house has been
completely buried," the man said. More than 2,000 soldiers, 300 police,
50 medical staff and two helicopters had been sent to the area, the
official Xinhua news agency said. "We are rushing to the scene,"
Dingxi's vice-mayor told CCTV, which showed an orange-suited rescue
worker riding on a tractor. "The damage to houses made from earth bricks
has been severe and many are now unusable," the official said, adding
that the number of people buried by the quake was still being estimated.
More than 700 rescue workers had arrived at the scene, CCTV said. |
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Associated Press in Beijing
- The Guardian, Monday 22 July 2013 06.30 EDT
Link to video: Powerful earthquake in north-west China leaves dozens dead
A strong earthquake struck a rural part of western
China on Monday morning, killing at least 75 people, according to state media.
The
quake hit near the city of Dingxi in Gansu province, a region of
mountains, desert and pastureland with a population of 26 million. That
makes it one of China's more lightly populated provinces, although the
Dingxi area has a greater concentration of farms and towns, with a total
population of about 2.7 million.
The government's earthquake monitoring service said an additional 459 people were injured.
The
deaths and injuries were reported in Min County and other rural
southern parts of the municipality, Dingxi mayor Tang Xiaoming told the
state broadcaster CCTV. Tang said damage was worst in the counties of
Zhang and Min, where scores of homes were damaged and telephone and
electricity services knocked out.
Residents described shaking
windows and swinging lights but little major damage and little panic.
Shaking was felt in the provincial capital of Lanzhou and as far away as
Xi'an, 250 miles (400 kilometres) to the east.
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