Hundreds of schoolchildren are trapped under the rubble and thousands are dead after a massive earthquake shook China's Sichuan province on Monday.
The loss of life in schools collapsed by the earthquake around China could have been reduced using known methods for designing or retrofitting structures in earthquake zones, experts said.
TOKYO (AP) -- The fault line that caused this week's devastating earthquake in China probably buckled in two stages, and the hardness of the terrain contributed to the wide reach of the damage, ...
Researchers analyzing the May 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in China's Sichuan province have found that geological stress has significantly increased on three major fault systems in the region. The ...
The deadly earthquake in China is exactly what seismologists fear could happen in Southern California some day.
... a hypothetical scenario describing how a magnitude 7.8 Southern California earthquake -similar to the recent earthquake in China- would impact the region, causing loss of lives and massive damage to ...
The world's most famous panda reserve wants to find a new home after its current one was badly damaged by this month's deadly earthquake in China.
... new analysis of the setting for last month's devastating earthquake in China by a team of geoscientists at MIT shows ... wary of another possible large-scale earthquake.
The magnitude 7.9 quake struck ...
A new analysis of the setting for May's devastating earthquake in China shows that the quake resulted from faults with little seismic activity--and that similar events in that area occur, on average, ...
The May 12 Sichuan earthquake in China was unexpectedly large. Analysis of the area, however, now shows that topographic characteristics of the highly mountainous area identified the mountain range as ...
The U.S. Geological Survey says a 6.0 earthquake has hit China's Sichuan province, which was devastated by a more powerful quake in May.
... part of a team studying last May's devastating earthquake in China. On May 12, 2008, at 2:28 ... thought the fault was dead," he says.
The problem is that China relied on GPS data, which showed movements ...
A tourist visiting a reserve during the massive earthquake in China says pandas seemed to sense something was wrong before the quake struck.
... the location of the exposed populations. In the hours and days following the cyclone in Burma and the earthquake in China's Sichuan Province, workers had the data they needed to assess the numbers of ...
Scientists have mapped the areas most likely to experience aftershocks from the Sichuan earthquake in China.
