Moderate earthquake in China

September 19th, 2009 Strong earthquake hits western ChinaBEIJING — Officials say a strong earthquake has shaken western China but there are no reports of injuries or serious damage. The U.S. Geological Survey says the magnitude-5.4 quake struck at 4:54 p.m.

July 10th, 2009 Earthquake in China's south kills 1, injures 324BEIJING — A moderate earthquake rocked southwest China killing one person, injuring at least 324 others and collapsing some 18,000 homes, state media said. The magnitude-6.0 temblor, centered in Yunnan province's Yao'an county, also damaged nearly 40,000 homes on Thursday, the Xinhua News Agency said.

July 9th, 2009 More than 300 injured by quake in ChinaBEIJING — State media says an earthquake has rocked southwestern China and injured at least 336 people. The Xinhua News Agency said the magnitude-6.0 quake in Yunnan province damaged some 2,700 homes on Thursday night.

July 9th, 2009 More than 300 injured by strong quake in ChinaBEIJING — A moderate earthquake rocked southwest China Thursday evening, injuring at least 336 people and collapsing 10,000 homes, state media said. The magnitude-6.0 temblor, centered in Yunnan province's Yao'an county, damaged another 30,000 homes, the Xinhua News Agency said.

April 19th, 2009 Moderate quake rattles China's northwestBEIJING — Chinese seismological authorities say a moderate earthquake registering a magnitude of 5.5 Sunday has struck China's far western Xinjiang region. No injuries were immediately reported.

April 1st, 2009 BEIJING - China has detained an environmentalist and writer on suspicion of subversion after he initiated an independent investigation into the May 2008 Sichuan earthquake, a rights group said Wednesday. Tan Zuoren, a local activist based in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, was accused of 'inciting subversion of state power' after mobilising volunteers to investigate why school buildings collapsed in the earthquake, the Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) said in a statement.

March 23rd, 2009 GUIYANG - An earthquake rocked China's Guizhou province late Sunday. No casualties were reported, authorities said.

February 21st, 2009 SRINAGAR - An earthquake of moderate intensity rocked the Kashmir Valley Friday morning, triggering panic among residents. 'The earthquake occurred at 9.18 a.m.

February 19th, 2009 SRINAGAR - An earthquake of moderate intensity rocked the Kashmir Valley Friday morning, triggering panic among residents. 'The earthquake occurred at 9.18 a.m.

February 19th, 2009 SRINAGAR - An earthquake of moderate intensity rocked the Kashmir Valley Friday morning, triggering panic among residents. 'The earthquake occurred at 9.18 a.m.

February 2nd, 2009 LIMA - An earthquake measuring 6 on the Richter scale hit southern Peru Monday, authorities said. The Geophysics Institute of Peru (IGP) said that the earthquake occurred at 12.53 p.m.

December 28th, 2008 ISLAMABAD - An earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale jolted most parts of northwestern Pakistan Monday morning, a seismological centre said. The moderate earthquake also shook Pakistan's capital Islamabad, but there was no immediate report on casualties.

December 28th, 2008 ISLAMABAD - A moderate earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale struck northwestern Pakistan Monday morning, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage, meteorological authorities said. The earthquake, at a depth of 140 km, hit at 8:37 a.m., the US Geological Survey said.

December 25th, 2008 KUNMING - An earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale early Friday injured nine people in the southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan along the border with Myanmar. The quake hit a village about 10 km from capital Ruili at 4.20 a.m., the provincial seismic network reported.

December 22nd, 2008 BEIJING - An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale struck southwest Taiwan Tuesday morning, the earthquake network centre of China said. The quake hit Kaohsiung county at around 8:04 a.m.