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1. 08-08 Rescuers gather bodies in China earthquake that killed 13 Sichuan
06-23 Over 140 people feared buried by China landslide
3. 05-10 8 dead, 20 injured after moderate quake in far western China Taxkorgan, Xinjiang, Western China
E. 05-03 Sandstorm blankets huge area of China in dusty pollution Beijing
F. 03-26 Hong Kong escalator malfunction injures dozens
G. 03-21 1 student dead, 20 injured in stampede at Chinese school Puyang, Henan, China
H. 02-13 8 dead, 3 missing after central China coal mine blast Zoubao, Hunan, Southern China
I. 02-04 Teenage girl dies after being thrown off ride at amusement park Chaohua Park, Fengdu, Southern China

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Eggs containing fipronil found in 15 EU countries and Hong Kong  European Union: Fifteen EU countries as well as Hong Kong and Switzerland have received eggs contaminated with the insecticide fipronil Rescuers gather bodies in China earthquake that killed 13. Sichuan Over 140 people feared buried by China landslide Map of Xinmo Mao County Sichuan China

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  Sichuan: A landslide unleashed huge rocks and a mass of earth that crashed into their homes in southwestern China early Saturday

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May.10  8 dead, 20 injured after moderate quake in far western China May.3  Sandstorm blankets huge area of China in dusty pollution

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Feb.4  Teenage girl dies after being thrown off ride at amusement park

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Jan.7  Beijing pollution: Police force to combat toxic smog

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Nov.23  Construction site collapse in China kills at least 40

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Jul.6  Heavy flooding in China leaves 181 dead or missing

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May.1  Climbers bodies found in Tibet after 16 years

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Dec.23  China smog sparks red alerts in 10 cities Dec.20 22 buildings collapse in landslide in Shenzhen industrial park Map of Guangming New District Shenzhen China  Southern China: About 900 people have been evacuated, with four people pulled alive from rubble with minor or no injuries. At least 91 remain missing Dec.17 Beijing issues second ever pollution red alert Aug.16  China Tianjin explosions: Premier Li Keqiang visits scene Aug.15 Evacuations as sodium cyanide found Aug.13  Fires still burning after Tianjin blasts  Chemical specialists sent to Tianjin Aug.12 Casualties in Tianjin port city explosions Map of port Tianjin China
  Massive explosions have hit a warehouse storing dangerous and chemical goods in the port area, leaving at least 17 dead and hundreds more injured
 Pictures and video showed flames lighting up the sky, and buildings are said to have collapsed
Aug.9 Typhoon Soudelor: Trail of damage in south-east China. Southern China Aug.8   Typhoon Soudelor lashes southeast China   Southern China: A typhoon was pounding southeast China late Saturday, leaving more than a million homes without power after lashing Taiwan Jul.27  Mother killed in escalator incident Jun.5  Yangtze ship disaster: 331 confirmed dead Jun.4 Workers turn capsized China ship upright. Southern China Jun.2  Hopes fade of finding Yangtze survivors  Cries for help heard from capsized boat in Yangtze River Jun.1  5 people dead and hundreds missing in Yangtze River   Boat with more than 400 people aboard sinks in Yangtze River Map of Jianli Hubei China
  Southern China: Passenger ship The Eastern Star carrying more than 444 people sank overnight in southern China, and seven people have been rescued

year 2014 Top ^

Oct.7  Hundreds injured at magnitude 6.0 earthquake Aug.9  Tour bus carrying about 40 people in Tibet falls into valley Aug.3   Strong earthquake kills at least 367 in southern China   Southern China: The magnitude-6.1 quake in Yunnan province toppled thousands of homes on Sunday, killing at least 175 people and injuring more than 1,400 Aug.1 China factory blast kills at least 65. Shanghai Jul.18  Highway collision in southern China kills 43 people Apr.5  Plane search signal 'important lead'   Malaysia missing plane search China ship 'picks up signal'   Western Australia: A Chinese ship searching for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane in the southern Indian Ocean has picked up a pulse signal, Chinese media sa... Mar.29  Chinese demand more information on missing plane Mar.25 China families vent missing plane fury. Beijing Mar.23  Chinese plane spots object in ocean search for missing Malaysian plane Mar.22  China jets boost Malaysia plane hunt China has new images showing object in southern Indian Ocean. Malaysia Mar.17  China begins land search for plane Mar.13  China debris images 'released by mistake' Mar.12  Malaysia Airlines MH370: China 'will not give up' on plane  China in new plane 'debris' clue Mar.10  China urges Malaysia to intensify search for flight MH370 Mar.8  Asian states search for missing jet Mar.7     Malaysia Airlines loses contact with plane carrying 239 people Map of Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
  Malaysia Airlines says it has lost contact with MH370 with 239 aboard travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.    A Boeing 777-200ER had lost contact with Subang Air Traffic Control outside Kuala Lumpur. The aircraft had last been hear...
Jan.27  Hong Kong culls chickens over H7N9 Jan.7  Antarctic ships escape from ice trap Jan.3 Chinese vessel 'may now be stuck in ice'. Antarctica

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Dec.27  Icebreaker rescue ship stuck in Antarctic ice Nov.23 Death toll in China oil pipeline blast rises to 52 people Oct.28 5 dead after jeep crashes and catches fire in Tiananmen Square. Beijing Oct.20 Heavy smog hits north China city, flights canceled. Northeast China Oct.7  Typhoon Fitow kills five in China Jul.22 China's Gansu hit by deadly quakes Jul.21  5.9-magnitude quake hits central China Jun.7  Dozens dead in China bus fire Jun.3 Explosion, fire reportedly kill 119 at poultry plant. Northeast China May.27 Rescuers save a newborn from sewer pipe in China. Southern China May.17  Southern China rains kill 55, leave 14 missing May.11  China colliery blast kills 27 miners Apr.21  Chinese teams reach quake-hit region Apr.20  China battles to bring quake aid   Earthquake has killed more than 150 people   Sichuan: A powerful 6.6-magnitude earthquake has killed more than 150 people and injured several thousand in China's rural south west Apr.19  At least 41 dead after earthquake strikes Sichuan region Apr.12  Death toll climbs to 10 in bird flu crisis Apr.5 20,000 birds slaughtered as bird flu death toll rises. Shanghai Mar.12  China river pig toll nears 6,000 Jan.31  China highway falls after blast Jan.12  Beijing pollution at hazard level

year 2012 Top ^

Oct.1 Hong Kong boat collision kills 36 Sep.7  China's quake death toll rises Jul.23  Strong typhoon lashes Hong Kong

year 2011 Top ^

Nov.4  Dozens rescued from Chinese mine Jul.23   Bullet train derails, cars fall off bridge   Southern China: At least two cars of a high-speed bullet train fell off a bridge late Saturday after a derailment in eastern Zhejiang province Jun.17 Deadly floods hit China. Southern China

year 2010 Top ^

Aug.8 Landslides kill at least 127 in China. Western China Apr.13   Hundreds dead in 6.9 earthquake   Western China: Some 300 people are feared dead after a rapid series of strong earthquakes hit a mountainous and impoverished area Apr.5 China rescues 115 from flooded mine Apr.3 Alert over oil leak on Great Barrier Reef. Queensland

year 2009 Top ^

Aug.10  Landslide crushes buildings May.1 'Flu' hotel sealed off. Hong Kong Feb.6  China suffering worst drought in 50 years Jan.19  China confirms 3rd bird flu death this year

year 2008 Top ^

Sep.23   China's tainted milk scare spreads globally  Global: African governments have stopped importing Chinese dairy products as the crisis spreads Sep.17 3 babies dead, 6,200 ill from milk formula  Drinking formula tainted with the same chemical involved in a massive pet food recall last year by Mengniu Dairy Group Sep.14   Death toll from landslide reaches 254  Rescue workers continue to recover more bodie from a mud and rock slide that occurred at an unlicensed mine Jun.4  Water behind 'quake lake' at top of dam May.27  Aftershocks demolish homes May.16  'Five million' homeless in quake May.15  President Hu Jintao visits quake area May.13  Rescuers reach epicentre May.12     Quake death toll 50,000 Map of Sichuan
  Sichuan: 80 percent of the buildings collapsed in the Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County after the 7.8-magnitude quake.    Several hundred students are also feared to be buried in collapsed school buildings. 'Five million' homeless in quake. A frighte...
May.3  China on alert over deadly child virus Jan.30   Stranded take buses anywhere   Crowds at some of major train stations thinned slightly as thousands took advantage of a break in the nation's worst weather for 50 years

year 2007 Top ^

Oct.7  1.4 million flee deadly storm Sep.18     Millions flee as typhoon rips into China   Shanghai: Wipha slammed into the coast south of Shanghai as authorities moved 2 million people following forecasts Aug.17  Scores trapped in coal mine Aug.13  14 dead in bridge collapse

year 2006 Top ^

Aug.9  466,000 flee as storm nears China May.21  Flooding traps 57 in mine

year 2005 Top ^

Nov.27 169 workers die in mine blast. Northeast China Nov.22 Harbin water supplies cut off. Northeast China Jun.23  Flood death toll 'over 500' Feb.14  203 dead in mine explosion

year 2004 Top ^

Nov.27  Mine blast traps 187 Oct.20  56 die, 150 missing in blast Sep.7  Flood deaths mount to 143

year 2003 Top ^

Dec.25  233 died in gas disaster Jun.5  SARS outbreak past its peak: WHO Apr.27  SARS closes Beijing venues Apr.23  WHO increases SARS travel warnings Mar.13     First alert over SARS  Hong Kong: Virulent flu and pneumonia has swept through hospitals in Hong Kong and Vietnam

year 2002 Top ^

Aug.22 Million people battling lake. Southern China May.25 Airliner with 225 people crashed into sea. Taiwan

year 2001 Top ^

Apr.1   U.S. spy plane lands in China Map of Hainan China  Southern China: Navy reconnaissance plane made an emergency landing. It collided with a Chinese fighter jet

year 2000 Top ^

Dec.25 Christmas Day blaze kills 309
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Jul. 28, 1976   1976 Tangshan earthquake Map of Tangshan Hebei China  The largest earthquake of the 20th century by death toll. The number of deaths is around 240,000 to 255,000 Dec. 3, 1948 SS Kiangya disaster Map of Huangpu River China  Shanghai: A Chinese passenger steamship that blew up near the mouth of the Huangpu River 50 miles (80 km) north of Shanghai on 3 or 4 December 1948 Jul. 1, 1931   Central China floods of 1931 Map of Nanjing China  Estimates of the total death toll range from 145,000 to between 3.7 million and 4 million. In July alone rain totaling over 2 feet

Explosion, fire reportedly kill 119 at poultry plant. Northeast China Christmas Day blaze kills 309 Rescuers gather bodies in China earthquake that killed 13. Sichuan Strong earthquake kills at least 367 in southern China   Southern China: The magnitude-6.1 quake in Yunnan province toppled thousands of homes on Sunday, killing at least 175 people and injuring more than 1,400 China's Gansu hit by deadly quakes Earthquake has killed more than 150 people   Sichuan: A powerful 6.6-magnitude earthquake has killed more than 150 people and injured several thousand in China's rural south west Hundreds dead in 6.9 earthquake   Western China: Some 300 people are feared dead after a rapid series of strong earthquakes hit a mountainous and impoverished area   Quake death toll 50,000 Map of Sichuan



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China, Disasters Earthquake Timeline ... See World Earthquake timeline Top ^
2017
Aug. 8
May.10  8 dead, 20 injured after moderate quake in far western China
2014
Oct.7  Hundreds injured at magnitude 6.0 earthquake
Aug.3
2013
Jul.22
Jul.21  5.9-magnitude quake hits central China
Apr.20  China battles to bring quake aid
Apr.20
Apr.19  At least 41 dead after earthquake strikes Sichuan region
2012
Sep.7  China's quake death toll rises
2010
Apr.13
2008
Jun.4  Water behind 'quake lake' at top of dam
May.27  Aftershocks demolish homes
May.16  'Five million' homeless in quake
May.15  President Hu Jintao visits quake area
May.12
  Sichuan: 80 percent of the buildings collapsed in the Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County after the 7.8-magnitude quake.    Several hundred students are also feared to be buried in collapsed school buildings. 'Five million' homeless in quake. A frighte...
1976 Jul. 28, 1976 1976 Tangshan earthquake Map of Tangshan Hebei China  The largest earthquake of the 20th century by death toll. The number of deaths is around 240,000 to 255,000


China, Disasters Highway Disaster Timeline ... See World Highway Disaster timeline Top ^
2014 Aug.9  Tour bus carrying about 40 people in Tibet falls into valley Jul.18  Highway collision in southern China kills 43 people 2013 Oct.28 5 dead after jeep crashes and catches fire in Tiananmen Square. Beijing Jun.7  Dozens dead in China bus fire Jan.31  China highway falls after blast


China, Disasters Health Disaster Timeline ... See World Health Disaster timeline Top ^
2014 Jan.27  Hong Kong culls chickens over H7N9 2013 Apr.12  Death toll climbs to 10 in bird flu crisis Apr.5 20,000 birds slaughtered as bird flu death toll rises. Shanghai 2009 May.1 'Flu' hotel sealed off. Hong Kong Jan.19  China confirms 3rd bird flu death this year 2008 Sep.23 China's tainted milk scare spreads globally  Global: African governments have stopped importing Chinese dairy products as the crisis spreads Sep.17 3 babies dead, 6,200 ill from milk formula  Drinking formula tainted with the same chemical involved in a massive pet food recall last year by Mengniu Dairy Group May.3  China on alert over deadly child virus 2003 Jun.5  SARS outbreak past its peak: WHO Apr.27  SARS closes Beijing venues Apr.23  WHO increases SARS travel warnings Mar.13   First alert over SARS  Hong Kong: Virulent flu and pneumonia has swept through hospitals in Hong Kong and Vietnam


China, Disasters Sea Disaster Timeline ... See World Sea Disaster timeline Top ^
2015 Jun.5  Yangtze ship disaster: 331 confirmed dead Jun.4 Workers turn capsized China ship upright. Southern China Jun.2  Hopes fade of finding Yangtze survivors Jun.2  Cries for help heard from capsized boat in Yangtze River Jun.1  5 people dead and hundreds missing in Yangtze River Jun.1   Boat with more than 400 people aboard sinks in Yangtze River Map of Jianli Hubei China
  Southern China: Passenger ship The Eastern Star carrying more than 444 people sank overnight in southern China, and seven people have been rescued
2014 Jan.7  Antarctic ships escape from ice trap Jan.3 Chinese vessel 'may now be stuck in ice'. Antarctica 2013 Dec.27  Icebreaker rescue ship stuck in Antarctic ice 2012 Oct.1 Hong Kong boat collision kills 36 1948 Dec. 3, 1948 SS Kiangya disaster Map of Huangpu River China  Shanghai: A Chinese passenger steamship that blew up near the mouth of the Huangpu River 50 miles (80 km) north of Shanghai on 3 or 4 December 1948


China, Disasters Mine Accident Timeline ... See World Mine Accident timeline Top ^
2013 May.11  China colliery blast kills 27 miners 2011 Nov.4  Dozens rescued from Chinese mine 2007 Aug.17  Scores trapped in coal mine 2006 May.21  Flooding traps 57 in mine 2005 Nov.27 169 workers die in mine blast. Northeast China Feb.14  203 dead in mine explosion 2004 Nov.27  Mine blast traps 187 Oct.20  56 die, 150 missing in blast


China, Disasters Weather Related Timeline ... See World Weather Related timeline Top ^
2017 May.3  Sandstorm blankets huge area of China in dusty pollution 2015 Aug.9 Typhoon Soudelor: Trail of damage in south-east China. Southern China Aug.8 Typhoon Soudelor lashes southeast China   Southern China: A typhoon was pounding southeast China late Saturday, leaving more than a million homes without power after lashing Taiwan 2013 Oct.20 Heavy smog hits north China city, flights canceled. Northeast China Oct.7  Typhoon Fitow kills five in China May.17  Southern China rains kill 55, leave 14 missing 2012 Jul.23  Strong typhoon lashes Hong Kong 2009 Feb.6  China suffering worst drought in 50 years 2008 Jan.30 Stranded take buses anywhere   Crowds at some of major train stations thinned slightly as thousands took advantage of a break in the nation's worst weather for 50 years 2007 Oct.7  1.4 million flee deadly storm Sep.18   Millions flee as typhoon rips into China   Shanghai: Wipha slammed into the coast south of Shanghai as authorities moved 2 million people following forecasts 2006 Aug.9  466,000 flee as storm nears China


China, Disasters Landslide Timeline ... See World Landslide timeline Top ^
2017 Jun.23 Over 140 people feared buried by China landslide Map of Xinmo Mao County Sichuan China
  Sichuan: A landslide unleashed huge rocks and a mass of earth that crashed into their homes in southwestern China early Saturday
2015 Dec.20 22 buildings collapse in landslide in Shenzhen industrial park Map of Guangming New District Shenzhen China  Southern China: About 900 people have been evacuated, with four people pulled alive from rubble with minor or no injuries. At least 91 remain missing 2010 Aug.8 Landslides kill at least 127 in China. Western China 2009 Aug.10  Landslide crushes buildings 2008 Sep.14 Death toll from landslide reaches 254  Rescue workers continue to recover more bodie from a mud and rock slide that occurred at an unlicensed mine


China, Disasters Flood Timeline ... See World Flood timeline Top ^
2016 Jul.6  Heavy flooding in China leaves 181 dead or missing 2011 Jun.17 Deadly floods hit China. Southern China 2005 Jun.23  Flood death toll 'over 500' 2004 Sep.7  Flood deaths mount to 143 2002 Aug.22 Million people battling lake. Southern China 1931 Jul. 1, 1931 Central China floods of 1931 Map of Nanjing China  Estimates of the total death toll range from 145,000 to between 3.7 million and 4 million. In July alone rain totaling over 2 feet


China, Disasters Animal Accident Timeline ... See World Animal Accident timeline Top ^
2013 Mar.12  China river pig toll nears 6,000


China, Disasters Aviation Disasters Timeline ... See World Aviation Disasters timeline Top ^
2014 Apr.5  Plane search signal 'important lead' Apr.5   Malaysia missing plane search China ship 'picks up signal'   Western Australia: A Chinese ship searching for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane in the southern Indian Ocean has picked up a pulse signal, Chinese media sa... Mar.29  Chinese demand more information on missing plane Mar.25 China families vent missing plane fury. Beijing Mar.23  Chinese plane spots object in ocean search for missing Malaysian plane Mar.22  China jets boost Malaysia plane hunt Mar.22 China has new images showing object in southern Indian Ocean. Malaysia Mar.17  China begins land search for plane Mar.13  China debris images 'released by mistake' Mar.12  Malaysia Airlines MH370: China 'will not give up' on plane Mar.12  China in new plane 'debris' clue Mar.10  China urges Malaysia to intensify search for flight MH370 Mar.8  Asian states search for missing jet Mar.7   Malaysia Airlines loses contact with plane carrying 239 people Map of Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
  Malaysia Airlines says it has lost contact with MH370 with 239 aboard travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.    A Boeing 777-200ER had lost contact with Subang Air Traffic Control outside Kuala Lumpur. The aircraft had last been hear...
2002 May.25 Airliner with 225 people crashed into sea. Taiwan 2001 Apr.1   U.S. spy plane lands in China Map of Hainan China  Southern China: Navy reconnaissance plane made an emergency landing. It collided with a Chinese fighter jet


China, Disasters Environmental Timeline ... See World Environmental timeline Top ^
2017 Jan.7  Beijing pollution: Police force to combat toxic smog 2015 Dec.23  China smog sparks red alerts in 10 cities Dec.17 Beijing issues second ever pollution red alert Aug.13  Chemical specialists sent to Tianjin 2013 Jan.12  Beijing pollution at hazard level 2010 Apr.3 Alert over oil leak on Great Barrier Reef. Queensland 2005 Nov.22 Harbin water supplies cut off. Northeast China 2003 Dec.25  233 died in gas disaster


China, Disasters Structure Collapse Timeline ... See World Structure Collapse timeline Top ^
2016 Nov.23  Construction site collapse in China kills at least 40 2007 Aug.13  14 dead in bridge collapse


China, Disasters Avalanche Timeline ... See World Avalanche timeline Top ^
2016 May.1  Climbers bodies found in Tibet after 16 years


China, Disasters Railroad Disasters Timeline ... See World Railroad Disasters timeline Top ^
2011 Jul.23 Bullet train derails, cars fall off bridge   Southern China: At least two cars of a high-speed bullet train fell off a bridge late Saturday after a derailment in eastern Zhejiang province


China, Disasters Rescue Timeline ... See World Rescue timeline Top ^
2013 May.27 Rescuers save a newborn from sewer pipe in China. Southern China Apr.21  Chinese teams reach quake-hit region 2010 Apr.5 China rescues 115 from flooded mine 2008 May.13  Rescuers reach epicentre


China, Disasters Poison Accident Timeline ... See World Poison Accident timeline Top ^
2017 Fri. Eggs containing fipronil found in 15 EU countries and Hong Kong  European Union: Fifteen EU countries as well as Hong Kong and Switzerland have received eggs contaminated with the insecticide fipronil


China, Disasters Explosion Timeline ... See World Explosion timeline Top ^
2015 Aug.16  China Tianjin explosions: Premier Li Keqiang visits scene Aug.15 Evacuations as sodium cyanide found Aug.12 Casualties in Tianjin port city explosions Map of port Tianjin China
  Massive explosions have hit a warehouse storing dangerous and chemical goods in the port area, leaving at least 17 dead and hundreds more injured
 Pictures and video showed flames lighting up the sky, and buildings are said to have collapsed
2014 Aug.1 China factory blast kills at least 65. Shanghai 2013 Nov.23 Death toll in China oil pipeline blast rises to 52 people