BEIJING
\nAt least 126 people were killed in Tibet by this week\u2019s earthquake of magnitude 6.8, the fifth-deadliest since 2008, data from China\u2019s National Earthquake Data Center shows.
\nQuakes are common in China\u2019s areas of Tibet, Sichuan, Qinghai and Yunnan, especially on the edges of the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau above the plate boundaries where the earth\u2019s crust is more prone to movement.
\nA quake of magnitude 8.0 that killed 69,227 people in May 2008 was one of China\u2019s deadliest natural disasters in decades.
\nHere are some of China\u2019s deadliest earthquakes since 2008:
\nAPRIL 14, 2010
\nMagnitude: 7.1
\nEpicentre: Yushu county, Qinghai
\nThe strong quake in the northwestern province of Qinghai killed at least 2,698, many of them ethnic Tibetans, with 270 missing.
\nAUGUST 3, 2014
\nMagnitude: 6.5
\nEpicentre: Ludian county, Yunnan
\nThe quake struck a mountainous area in southwestern Yunnan province, killing 617 and injuring more than 3,000. More than 60,000 houses crumpled, with nearly 230,000 people having to be relocated.
\nAPRIL 20, 2013
\nMagnitude: 7.0
\nEpicentre: Lushan county, Sichuan
\nThe quake that struck Lushan killed 196 and injured 14,785 with two missing. A total of more than 2 million people were affected.
\nJULY 22, 2013
\nMagnitude: 6.6
\nEpicentre: Minxian and Zhangxian counties, Gansu
\nThe earthquake hit eight towns in the remote, mountainous counties, about 170 km (105 miles) southeast of the provincial capital of Lanzhou, killing at least 95 people and injuring more than 1,000.
\nSEPT. 5, 2022
\nMagnitude: 6.8
\nEpicentre: Luding county, Sichuan
\nAt least 93 people died and 25 were missing after the earthquake hit Luding in the southwestern province.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
BEIJING At least 126 people were killed in Tibet by this week\u2019s earthquake of magnitude 6.8, the fifth-deadliest since 2008, data from China\u2019s National Earthquake Data Center shows. Quakes are common in China\u2019s areas of Tibet, Sichuan, Qinghai and Yunnan, especially on the edges of the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau above the plate boundaries where the earth\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":454702,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-454673","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n