CHINA: A secondary school student from Yinchuan is being celebrated across China for his brave and selfless heroism during a ...

Youngster acts on instinct, returns to shaking classroom to save fellow student from ravages of 4.6 magnitude tremor.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6 struck southern Taiwan. The U.S. Geological Survey said that the quake hit early Tuesday or 1600 GMT Monday.

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More than 120 people have been killed after a powerful earthquake struck a remote region of Tibet on ... according to state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV). More than 3,600 houses were ...

As mentioned above, the exact magnitude of the earthquake seems to be under dispute, with the China Earthquake Networks Center reporting it at 6.8, and the U.S. Geological Service measuring it at 7.1.

At 4:43 pm on Thursday, a 4.6-magnitude earthquake hit Yinchuan's Jinfeng district. In that critical moment of evacuation, Guo Qing, a second-year high school student, demonstrated remarkable courage ...