A strong quake has again brought huge losses to southeast China's Sichuan Province, but the disaster is unlikely to undermine the economy in any great deal due to its scale, analysts said.
Firefighters located 165 people, including 150 survivors, within 72 hours after a 7.0-magnitude quake hit southwest China on Saturday, the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) said Tuesday.
Continual aftershocks and insufficient relief supplies are hampering the rescue efforts in southwest China's Sichuan, 36 hours after a powerful tremor hit the province.
Military and civilian rescue teams are struggling to find survivors in Lushan and neighboring counties of southwest China's Sichuan Province, badly hit by Saturday's strong earthquake.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang ordered all possible measures to be taken to rescue victims and minimize deaths and injuries, after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit the southwestern Sichuan Province Saturday morning.
More than 11,000 people have been evacuated to safe areas after a 5.0-magnitude quake hit southwest China's Yunnan Province two days ago, local authorities said on Friday.
At least 123,000 people have been affected by a 5.0-magnitude earthquake that jolted Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture in southwest China's Yunnan Province on Wednesday morning, according to the prefecture government.
Casualties given by sources have been in contradiction after a powerful earthquake measuring 7.5 magnitude on the Richter scale hit southeastern Iran on Tuesday.
The China Earthquake Networks Center is reporting a 6.5-magnitude earthquake jolted Taiwan's Nantou County on Wednesday morning.
Thirty people have been confirmed injured, including three seriously, after a 5.5-magnitude earthquake hit southwest China's Yunnan Province on Sunday afternoon.
Eight people have been confirmed injured in an earthquake near the border area of southwest China's Sichuan and Yunnan provinces on Tuesday, local authorities said.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has extended New Year greetings to people in a quake-hit area in Qinghai Province and urged the local government to finish the reconstruction program "without regret."
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