January 23, 1556—a day so devastating it makes modern disasters look like minor inconveniences. On this fateful Thursday, an ...

A series of relief actions have been carried out rapidly in the quake-hit areas. Normal life has been restored at ...

URUMQI -- No casualties have been reported so far after a 5.0-magnitude earthquake jolted Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region Wednesday, local authorities said.

China Floods Imagine a wall of water sweeping across vast expanses, leaving devastation in its wake. That's exactly what ...

The deadliest earthquake in the history of mankind took place in Shanxi ... One of the deadliest earthquakes to have rocked the world is the one that occurred in China’s Shaanxi, claiming the lives of ...

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck the southern island of Mindanao, Philippines, GFZ said on Thursday, just hours after an earthquake of similar magnitude damaged buildings and a road in a town in ...

MANILA, Philippines — A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck off Southern Leyte town on Thursday morning, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported. The state ...

A moderately strong, 5.7-magnitude earthquake struck in the Philippines on Thursday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor happened at 7:39 a.m. Philippine time about 4 ...

A powerful 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck southern Taiwan, leaving 27 injured and causing structural damage. Rescuers saved six, including a baby, from a collapsed house in Tainan. The quake ...

This discovery may solve the mystery of the source of mercury found in the mausoleum of Qinshihuang, China's first emperor, in Shaanxi, according to the Xinhua News Agency. Chen Shibin ...