It turns out such an event is not purely hypothetical—it happened not so long ago. In 1960, in the Chilean province of Valdivia, a 9.5 magnitude earthquake made history as the most powerful ever ...

Since 1950, there have been 21 earthquakes of magnitude 6 or above in what is know as the Lhasa block, the largest of which was the 6.9-magnitude quake in Mainling in 2017, according to CCTV.

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Two of the most damaging earthquakes in history occurred on January 17, marking significant advancements in engineering and infrastructure resilience. The Great ...

At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground ... paid for by those who can afford it. A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 that killed more than 50 people ...

The largest earthquake in the Lhasa block since 1950. The Lhasa block, bounded by fault-lines, forms southern Tibet. The Mainling quake triggered more than 300 aftershocks, affecting over 12,000 ...

Two of the ten most damaging earthquakes in recorded history happened on January 17th. This year is the thirtieth anniversary of Japan’s Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake. The Northridge Earthquake ...