According to state media, at least 65 people were killed and hundreds were injured in the powerful earthquake that created landslides and rattled buildings in southwestern China.
BEIJING, CHINA State media reported on Tuesday that at least 65 people have died and hundreds were injured as a result of the powerful earthquake that created landslides and rocked buildings in southwestern China.
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The Sichuan county of Lauding is situated at the plate boundary where earthquakes are common because the Tibetan Plateau and the Eurasian Plate meet. Even one day after the 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit, at least 16 more people have not been found. Capital of Chengdu shook and all of the province's 21 million residents have been quarantined because of the COVID-19 virus.
In the Tibetan autonomous prefecture of Garze, the historic town of Moxi lost electricity, was severely damaged, and saw 37 people murdered. According to the official Xinhua News Agency, more than 50,000 people have been forced to leave their homes as a result of the earthquake, and temporary shelters consisting of tents have been set up for them.
Many buildings in Moxi are constructed of wood and brick, and CCTV footage aired on state television showed rescuers pulling a woman from a collapsed home who appeared to be uninjured. As many as 150 individuals were hurt, some of them seriously. Another 28 people were murdered on the outskirts of Ya'an in the neighbouring county of Shimian. Additional reports included 248 injured (mainly in Moxi) and 12 missing people.
Hailuogou Scenic Area, which contains a glacier and a forest, is a protected area where three of the deaths happened. According to CCTV reports, not only were people killed, but also homes were damaged and power was cut off when rocks and sludge rolled down the hillsides. According to the Ministry of Emergency Management, a landslide blocked a rural route and strewn rocks across it.
Even though Chengdu was 200 kilometres (125 miles) from the epicentre, it nevertheless felt the tremors. The earthquake and subsequent lockdown came as a severe blow to hydropower-dependent Sichuan, which had already been hit by a heat wave and drought, resulting in water shortages and power outages. This comes on top of the current enormous lockdown brought on by China's "zero-COVID" policy.
An earthquake in Sichuan in 2008, measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale, was the deadliest in modern Chinese history. Countless villages, colleges, and rural areas outside of Chengdu were wiped away; it took years to rebuild them with more durable materials. "A major earthquake occurred in June, and it was unnerving, but it was not catastrophic. When the ground began to shake this time, I thought I was going to faint from fright because I live on a high floor "in accordance with her comments to AP.
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Its great reliance on hydropower meant that water shortages and energy disruptions preceded the earthquake and lockdown in Sichuan. Those latest, widespread closures were also a result of China's "zero-COVID" policy. Over the past two months, Jiang has said, Chengdu has experienced a "weird" ambiance.
Monday's earthquake, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, was 6.6 on the Richter scale and occurred at a shallow depth of 6 miles. There is often inconsistency in the preliminary measurements made by various organisations.
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