A 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck a region of western China near Nepal on Tuesday, killing at least 96 people. It is one of the country's deadliest earthquakes in recent years.
Earthquakes in China usually occur on or near the Tibetan Plateau. Here the Indian gx Eurasian tectonic plates collide. Which can also change the height of the Himalayas.
In May 2008, a 7.9-magnitude earthquake in southwestern Sichuan province killed nearly 90,000 people. The collapse of schools and other buildings precipitated a long effort to rebuild with sustainable building materials at the time.
Deadly earthquakes have also occurred in Yunnan, Sichuan, Qinghai and Gansu provinces before.
A few recent ones big Earthquake
- may ২০০৮: About 90,000 people were killed or missing in a 7.9-magnitude earthquake in Sichuan.
- April ২০১০: 2 thousand 698 people died in the 7.1 magnitude earthquake in Qinghai province.
- April ২০১৩: 7.0 earthquake in Sichuan kills 196 people.
- July ২০১৩: 6.6 magnitude earthquake kills 95 in Gansu province.
- August ২০১৪: 617 killed in Yunnan Province earthquake of 6.1 magnitude.
- September ২০২২: 6.8 magnitude earthquake kills 93 in Sichuan
- December ২০২৩: At least 126 killed in 6.2-magnitude earthquake in Gansu and Qinghai provinces.
Source: AP
