Lanzhou
Coverage of Lanzhou in the Nexus archive.
- Remote Chinese province struck by 2 earthquakes in 20 minutes
A remote province in China was struck by two earthquakes 18 minutes apart on Tuesday, measuring 5.7 and 5.8 magnitude at a depth of 10 kilometers. No immediate casualties were reported. The tremors affected Qinghai province and nearby Lanzhou in Gansu province, with social media footage showing impacts such as dust clouds and swaying lamps.
- 21 who died in landslide in northwest China were forestry workers
A landslide in northwest China's Gansu province killed 21 forestry workers and injured seven others. The disaster occurred in an uninhabited valley during a forest maintenance operation, with preliminary assessments citing steep terrain, erosion, and geological factors as causes. Rescue operations concluded after excavators cleared debris from the 40-meter-wide landslide.