An earthquake registering 7.8 on the Richter Scale knocked out mobile phone service in the western Chinese city of Chengdu, although fixed-line networks remained in service, Chinese state television ...

CHENGDU, China -- When a powerful earthquake flattened Sichuan province a year ago, community organizer Zhang Guoyuan seized the moment. Within days, he was running an aid center and warehouse, ...

CHENGDU, China -- A stockpile of chemicals being used to disinfect an earthquake-shattered Chinese town ignited Thursday and injured scores of soldiers doing relief work, adding to a day of problems ...

As many as 8,500 people have been killed by an earthquake measuring 7.8 in one county of Sichuan province in southwestern China, reports say. Some 10,000 people are also feared to have been injured in ...