Why there are so many earthquakes in Sichuan lately?

It's not right to say that earthquakes only happened lately. Sichuan has always been the earthquake-prone area. Most major earthquakes in the last century happened along the Longmenshan Fault Zone 龙门山断裂带 (LFZ). read more

It’s not right to say that earthquakes only happened lately. Sichuan has always been the earthquake-prone area. Most major earthquakes in the last century happened along the Longmenshan Fault Zone 龙门山断裂带 (LFZ). How many earthquake happened and the distribution of epicenters. read more

For a nearly 40-y period after the February of 1965 M 8.7 Rat Islands, Alaska earthquake, the world did not experience a single great earthquake; however, in the 7 y since late December of 2004, there have been a barrage of five great earthquakes. read more