Major earthquakes in China over past 5 years

05-13-2008 18:59

China is located in one of the most active seismic regions of the world and has suffered numerous destructive earthquakes. We now take a look at a chronology of some of the biggest over the past 5 years.

In February 2003, an earthquake measuring 6.8 magnitude hit the sparsely populated Jiashi county in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwest of the country. 94 people died and more than 200 were injured.

In November 2005, an earthquake measuring 5.7 magnitude jolted Jiangxi province in east China, leaving more than two hundred and fifty thousand people homeless.

In 2006, An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale struck Wenan county in north China's Hebei province on July 4th. No immediate casualties were reported.

And just 3 weeks later, another 5.1 earthquake hit southwestern Yunnan Province. This time at least 22 people were killed and more than 100 injured.

In December 2006, a series of tremors off the southern coast of Taiwan Island killed two people and injured 42. The quake measured 7.2 on the Richter Scale, and was followed by over a hundred aftershocks.

In June 2007, Yunnan was hit again, by a 6.4 magnitude earthquake. Three people died and more than five hundred were injured.

In March 2008, an earthquake measuring 7.2 rocked the remote northwestern region of Xinjiang. The damage was limited.

Original video:
http://www.cctv.com/video/worldwidewatch/2008/05/worldwidewatch_300_20080513_...

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[Crownedx3]

PEOPLE, HAVE A HEART. people in china have lost families, houses, friends, etc. YET you yell at them for what THE GOVERNMENT does? is this the time to criticize china?while so much people are homeless,buried, and missing? why do you blame the innocent victims for wat the government does?i know other countries out there arent getting ALL the help they need but right now people are being buried and need to be found in less than a week. dont you think that right now, help in China is needed most?

[awsomechick951]

wo0ow.there was just an earthquake here like,right now.scared the hell outta me.

[elainepul]

@Defender2516 wow that is interesting,and now in thousand and eleven looks whats happen sense then! Would be interested in your opinion.

[TheRealChina]

@Crownedx3 People in Tibet ! Tibetan people lost their lives not Chinese.

[justmexxx1000]

@UnknownStrenght its not lol!

[dmoney10100]

wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[texaswendy79]

me too but careful what u ask 4

[UnknownStrenght]

LoL

[juicygrl2607]

OMG i know..it was my first earthquake

[MURK2177]

hey defender guy.. dude dats crazy did dat really happen???