Science news articles about 'quake zone'

A 5.5.-magnitude tremor set off landslides Friday near the epicenter of this week's massive quake, while the search for survivors took on an added urgency.

As troops worked to keep roads open and drain dangerous lakes, the government warned that rebuilding quake-devastated Sichuan Province would be "arduous."

The captive animals disappeared from the famous Wolong National Nature Reserve, not far from the epicenter of the disastrous May 12 earthquake.

CHONGQING, China--Another aftershock registering magnitude 5.1 on the Richter scale rattled Sichuan Province and the nearby city of Chongqing at 1:20 A.M. local time, sending thousands of nervous ...

China's giant pandas are facing severe food shortages after last month's magnitude-8.0 earthquake which devastated large swathes of bamboo forest in the nation's southwest, state media reported.

... . At least 22,000 aftershocks, measuring up to 6.9 in magnitude, have been monitored in the quake zone, according to the China Earthquake Administration. Dr. Densmore said: "Aftershocks are expected ...

11 of 13 great ancient cities were near a major earthquake fault.