Rescue efforts in remote high-altitude terrain underway in below-freezing conditions after tremors that were also felt in neighbouring Nepal and India
The Associated Press has put together a short timeline of the worst earthquake to hit China in recent years, including the 2008 Sichuan quake that killed nearly 90,000 people.
It notes that earthquakes in China happen most frequently on the Tibetan Plateau or its fringes. The seismically active area is where the India and Eurasia plates clash and cause uplifts that can be strong enough to change the heights of Himalayan peaks. Here’s the timeline:
