Earthquake in Southern China Kills 11 People, Injures 122
A STRONG earthquake that hit Sichuan province in southern China late Monday night killed 11 people and injured 122, the local government said.
The Yibin city government posted the casualty toll on its social media accounts Tuesday morning. Xinhua news agency said rescue efforts were underway in the stricken area.
The magnitude 6.0 earthquake collapsed a hotel in Changning county and damaged some roads, Xinhua said. Heavy rains were falling Tuesday morning.
The Ministry of Emergency Management sent firefighting crews and other rescue personnel, Xinhua said.
The ministry and the National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration have dispatched 5,000 tents, 10,000 folding beds and 20,000 quilts to the quake-hit areas.
China’s worst earthquake in recent years struck the mountainous western portion of Sichuan province in 2008, killing nearly 90,000 people.
That earthquake was about 400 kilometers (250 miles) from Monday’s quake.
A 1976 earthquake centered in the northeastern city of Tangshan killed at least 250,000 people.
An aftershock measuring magnitude 5.2 later hit the same area, the USGS said.
The Beijing Youth Daily said some people had been injured, but that could not be immediately confirmed.
The emergency management ministry said teams of firefighters have been sent to the area to search for any casualties.
The government is sending 2,000 tents, 3,000 folding beds, 3,000 quilts and 3,000 coats to the disaster zone, the report said.
Earthquakes regularly strike Sichuan, where a powerful 7.9-magnitude quake left 87,000 people dead or missing in 2008.
In February, three earthquakes hit Rongxian county in the province, killing two people and injuring 12 others -- casualties that residents blamed on fracking.
A STRONG earthquake that hit Sichuan province in southern China late Monday night killed 11 people and injured 122, the local government said.
The Yibin city government posted the casualty toll on its social media accounts Tuesday morning. Xinhua news agency said rescue efforts were underway in the stricken area.
The magnitude 6.0 earthquake collapsed a hotel in Changning county and damaged some roads, Xinhua said. Heavy rains were falling Tuesday morning.
The Ministry of Emergency Management sent firefighting crews and other rescue personnel, Xinhua said.
The ministry and the National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration have dispatched 5,000 tents, 10,000 folding beds and 20,000 quilts to the quake-hit areas.
China’s worst earthquake in recent years struck the mountainous western portion of Sichuan province in 2008, killing nearly 90,000 people.
That earthquake was about 400 kilometers (250 miles) from Monday’s quake.
A 1976 earthquake centered in the northeastern city of Tangshan killed at least 250,000 people.
An aftershock measuring magnitude 5.2 later hit the same area, the USGS said.
The Beijing Youth Daily said some people had been injured, but that could not be immediately confirmed.
The emergency management ministry said teams of firefighters have been sent to the area to search for any casualties.
The government is sending 2,000 tents, 3,000 folding beds, 3,000 quilts and 3,000 coats to the disaster zone, the report said.
Earthquakes regularly strike Sichuan, where a powerful 7.9-magnitude quake left 87,000 people dead or missing in 2008.
In February, three earthquakes hit Rongxian county in the province, killing two people and injuring 12 others -- casualties that residents blamed on fracking.
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