Death Toll Climbs in China's Worst Earthquake in Nearly a Decade
The death toll from China's worst earthquake since 2014 rose to more than 130 as the government sent a top official to oversee recovery efforts. Some 113
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The death toll from China's worst earthquake since 2014 rose to more than 130 as the government sent a top official to oversee recovery efforts. Some 113
Surrounded by destruction, an earthquake victim's relatives are mourning her death while enduring frigid temperatures in temporary shelters in China's mountains.
JISHISHAN, China, Dec 20, 2023 (BSS/AFP) - Survivors of China's deadliest earthquake in years huddled in makeshift aid tents
The death toll caused by the devastating earthquake that rattled Northwest China Monday night reached 134 as of Wednesday press time - 113 in Gansu Province and 21 in Qinghai Province. Rescue work is drawing to an end, and the focus will now turn to the treatment of the injured and the resettlement of those affected, Gansu authorities said at a press conference on Wednesday.
A devastating earthquake, measuring 6.2 in magnitude, rocked northwestern China shortly before midnight on Monday. The seismic event, impacting Gansu and Qinghai provinces, stands as the most lethal earthquake in China in the past nine years, claiming the lives of at least 131 individuals and injuring over 700.