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Even a 6.8 magnitude earthquake wasn’t enough for authorities to allow residents to exit their apartment buildings.

BEIJING (AP) — The powerful earthquake that set off landslides and shook buildings in southwestern China killed at least 65 people and injured hundreds, state media said Tuesday. At least 16 other people are missing a day after the 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck a mountainous area in Luding county in Sichuan province, which sits on the edge of the Tibetan Plateau where tectonic plates meet and is hit regularly by quakes.

CHENGDU, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- A total of 66 people have been killed in a 6.8-magnitude earthquake that jolted Luding County in southwest China Sichuan Province o

The province had deployed over 6,500 rescuers, four helicopters and two unmanned aerial vehicles to the frontline

At least 16 other people are missing

Photo taken on Sept. 5, 2022 shows a temporary shelter in Moxi Town of Luding County, southwest China's Sichuan Province. Forty-six people have died in a 6.8-magnitude earthquake that jolted Luding County in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Monday, local authorities said at a press briefing. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan) CHENGDU - Forty-six people died in a 6.8-magnitude earthquake that jolted Luding County in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Monday, local authorities said at a press...

Chengdu, Sep. 6 (IANS): Forty-six people have been killed in a 6.8-magnitude earthquake that jolted Luding County in southwest China’s Sichuan Province on Monday, local authorities said at a press briefing. As of 8:30 p.m. Monday, 16 people were missing and over 50 injured, said Wang Feng, deputy director of the Sichuan provincial emergency management department, Xinhua news agency reported. Among the dead, 29 were from Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture which administers Luding County, ...

Authorities in southwestern China’s Chengdu have maintained strict COVID-19 lockdown measures on the city of 21 million despite a major earthquake that killed at least 65 people in outlying areas

66 killed after 6.8-magnitude quake hits Chinas Sichuan-

Chinas authoritarian Communist political system demands strict adherence to measures dictated by the central leadership overwhelmingly dominated by party leader Xi Jinping.