One priority of the current rescue operation is to reach the worst-hit area of Ludian, transfer the injured to hospitals and find those people who remain missing. But damaged roads are making these efforts very difficult. Landslides caused by the qua...
A woman alive is pulled from the rubble of a hotel in Padang, Indonesia. The brunt of Wednesday's 7.6-magnitude earthquake, which originated in the sea off Sumatra Island, appeared to have been born by Padang. The death toll throughout Indonesia is o...
Bamboo, the staple diet of pandas, is reportedly in high demand following last months powerful earthquake in Chinas Sichuan Province. Officials say there is only three to five months' supply of bamboo for the pandas to eat. There are many landslides...
巴拿马地震修订为6.0级 NEW YORK, April 2 (Xinhua) -- The 5.8-magnitude earthquake which hit Panama earlier Wednesday has been revised to be 6.0 on the Richter scale, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake jolted 52 km south of Pedregal, P...
智利8.2级地震致5人死 SANTIAGO, April 1 (Xinhua) -- Five people have died in a 8.2-magnitude earthquake that hit off Chilean northern coast Tuesday, according to Interior Minister Rodrigo Penailillo. According to the University of Chile Seismo...
智利西北部发生5.3级地震 HONGKONG, March 24 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale jolted 89km WNW of Iquique, Chile at 20:23:03 GMT on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 23.4 km, wa...
希腊宣布凯法利尼亚岛因地震进入紧急状态 ATHENS, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- The western Greek island of Cephalonia declared a state of emergency Monday, after a 5.8-magnitude quake rattled the Ionian Sea and caused minor damage to buildings...
Science and Technology Policing The aftershocks of crime 科技 治安 犯罪余震 An idea borrowed from seismology may help to predict criminal activity 从地震学上获取的灵感或许能预测犯罪行为 LOS ANGELES is one of the most under-...
Science and Technology Seismology and tsunamis Making waves 科技 地震学与海啸 掀起新浪潮 A better tsunami-prediction system is now under development 更精准的海啸预测系统现已在开发中 GEOLOGISTS have long known that some ma...
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- A 6.1-magnitude earthquake jolted off the northeastern coast of Venezuela on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake, which occurred at 0210 GMT Saturday, was centered 33 km north of the town of Gueiria....
