At least 150 dead after quake hits southwest China
BEIJING: A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck southwestern China on Sunday, killing at least 150 people in a remote mountainous area of Yunnan province, causing some buildings, including a school, to collapse.
The US Geological Survey said the quake registered at a shallow depth of less than 1 mile (1.6km). Chinese state media said was felt most strongly Yunnan, as well as in the neighbouring provinces of Guizhou and Sichuan.
The quake registered at a shallow depth of less than 1 mile.
State television said on its microblog that the epicentre was in Ludian county in Yunnan province, a mountainous area that is lightly populated.
The official Xinhua news agency said that the epicentre was in Longtoushan town in Yunnan's Ludian county. Communications have been seriously affected and rescuers are rushing to the scene, the report said.
Pictures posted online by state media showed troops stretchering people away, and bricks which had fallen off buildings damaging cars.
Many people rushed out of buildings onto the street after the quake hit, electricity supplies were cut and at least one school collapsed, Xinhua added.
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.
Source :- THE TIMES OF INDIA
The US Geological Survey said the quake registered at a shallow depth of less than 1 mile (1.6km). Chinese state media said was felt most strongly Yunnan, as well as in the neighbouring provinces of Guizhou and Sichuan.
The quake registered at a shallow depth of less than 1 mile.
State television said on its microblog that the epicentre was in Ludian county in Yunnan province, a mountainous area that is lightly populated.
The official Xinhua news agency said that the epicentre was in Longtoushan town in Yunnan's Ludian county. Communications have been seriously affected and rescuers are rushing to the scene, the report said.
Pictures posted online by state media showed troops stretchering people away, and bricks which had fallen off buildings damaging cars.
Many people rushed out of buildings onto the street after the quake hit, electricity supplies were cut and at least one school collapsed, Xinhua added.
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.
Source :- THE TIMES OF INDIA
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