The magnitude 7.9 earthquake near Wenchuan, China in 2008 generated perceivable shaking from Chengdu, China to Taipei, Taiwan. Over one hundred million people felt it within minutes. Twitter and ...

The quake was felt 200 kilometers away in the provincial capital, Chengdu ... differ slightly. China’s deadliest earthquake in recent years was a 7.9 magnitude quake in 2008 that killed nearly ...

CHENGDU, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- A 4.9-magnitude earthquake struck Hongyuan County in southwest China's Sichuan Province early Monday morning, according to local authorities. The earthquake occurred ...

In 2008 an 8.0 magnitude earthquake hit Sichuan’s Chengdu, claiming the lives of at least 70,000 people, the deadliest quake to hit China since the 1976 Tangshan quake that killed at least ...