China: Earthquake - Feb 2003 Updates

This year, many natural disasters have struck China: earthquakes in Xinjiang, Yunnan and Inner Mongolia, as well as floods in Guizhou, Anhui and Gansu. Undoubtedly, natural and human-made disasters,...

Operation Mercy has carried out a needs assessment as we have met with local officials in China. We are now looking at giving assistance for a rebuilding programme in the Bachu / Maralbishi county,...

On Monday 24th February an earthquake struck in the Xinjiang region, North West China. More than 500,000 lives have been affected and the continuing aftershocks of more than 3,000, some reaching 5.8...

Author: International News An earthquake at Richter scale of 6.8 hit the Kashgar Region of Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The quake killed and injured thousands of people as...

Appeal Target: US$ 437,519 Geneva, 17 March 2003 Dear Colleagues, An earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter Scale rocked the north-western part of China on 24 February 2003, bringing devastation to...

Appeal Number: 6519 Appeal Amount: $100,000 Situation Report An earthquake measuring 5.8 Richter scale struck China again on Wednesday March 12. This follows an earlier earthquake on Feb. 24. The...

Geneva, 14 March, 2003 - ACT member, Amity Foundation reports that an earthquake measuring 5.8 Richter scale struck China again on Wednesday March 12. The epicenter was in the same area where the...

FHI is aiding thousands left hungry and homeless in the wake of an earthquake in north-western China's Xinjiang Province. FHI and its partner organisation, based in Hong Kong, have targeted 3,153...

Dramatically worsening weather conditions at the weekend, which saw temperatures drop to minus six degrees Celsius, have hampered relief operations in the quake-stricken areas of Bachu, Jiashi and...

ROUNDUP Beijing (dpa) - An earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale caused more damage on Wednesday to an area of China's far west where some 300 people died and 4,000 were injured in a stronger...

Extracted from UMCOR Hotline 7 Mar 2003 The southern African nation of Mozambique has once again been inundated by flood waters and hurricane force winds. This week Cyclone Japhet, the second cyclone...

The strongest earthquake to hit China for decades, measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale, struck a remote part of the northwestern region of Xinjiang on 24 February. Some 268 people died in the tremor,...

(New York: 5 March 2003) The United Nations and its humanitarian partners are lending China assistance after a powerful earthquake in that country killed more than 250 people and left 3,000 without...

This Bulletin is for information only. The Federation is not seeking any funding or other assistance from donors for this operation at this time but this may change according to circumstances. The...

Ref. OCHA/GVA - 2003/0039 OCHA Situation Report No. 3 China - Earthquake 4 March 2003 The Chinese Government welcomes assistance from the international community This situation report is based on...

Geneva, 4 March, 2003 - ACT member, Amity Foundation has finished the assessment of needs in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region of China struck by an earthquake, measuring 6.8 Richter scale, on February...

by Wendy Chan - Communications The death toll from last Monday's quake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale that struck Xinjiang has now climbed to 268. People are still under threat of aftershocks...

The Government of Japan decided to extend grant aid totaling about 30 million yen, consisting of emergency grant aid of 150,000 dollars and emergency assistance in kind (40 tents, 1,200 blankets, 3...

Oxfam Hong Kong Emergency Response in Xinjiang Province Earthquake Reaching Village 20 of Qiongkuer Qiake township of Bachu county on 27 February, Oxfam staff are now implementing an initial response...

Geneva, February 28, 2003 - Amity Foundation, a member of the global alliance Action by Churches Together (ACT) International, is assessing the needs of the people affected by the earthquake that...